Lawyers

• Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not ready to accept France peace agreement; Initiative might not make Palestine compromise

  Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu will still attend the peace talks set by France with the Palestinian government. Although he feared that the Palestines will not compromise a bit specially if they know they still will get what they want.

• How the world learned its lesson and got a climate deal

  It was an agreement born from a fear of failure, delivered by the smoothness of French diplomacy. Six years earlier, countries had bitterly walked away from global climate talks in Copenhagen without a deal.

• France says Iran deal 'still not clear' as deadline nears

  France's Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Sunday it was unclear whether an international deal could be reached on Iran's nuclear program by a June 30 deadline.

• Iran, powers push for nuclear deal as clock ticks toward deadline

  With a deadline hours away, Iran and six world powers ramped up the pace on Tuesday in negotiations over a preliminary deal on Tehran's nuclear program, while officials cautioned that any agreement would likely be fragile and incomplete.

• France to help China in hunt for corruption suspects

  France is ready to help China track down people suspected of corruption who may be on French soil, and does not rule out extraditing any it finds to Beijing, a justice ministry official said.

• New settlements plan threatens ties with Israel, EU says

  Plans for new settlements in East Jerusalem pose a threat to peace and Israel's relations with the European Union, the 28-member bloc said on Friday, joining the United States in its criticism of the decision.

• No breakthrough in Iran nuclear talks, sides agree to keep talking

  Iran and six world powers made little progress in overcoming significant disagreements in the most recent round of nuclear talks, including on uranium enrichment, Iranian and Western diplomats close to the negotiations said on Friday.