France is pulling its ambassador and 1,500 troops out of the West African country Niger. ... The coup leaders who took over in July, the new junta, is very anti-French, and they asked France to leave.

France will withdraw nearly 1,500 troops from the West African nation of Niger by the end of the year, President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday, a decision that could upend the West’s security ...

The brutal heat wave that hit France this summer contributed to the deaths of 1,500 people, the country's health minister said Sunday. The heat wave spanned 18 days in June and July, and there ...

Niger’s military junta has ended several defense cooperation agreements with France, adding to uncertainty about Paris’s continued military engagement in the Sahel region.