Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Former French President Francois Hollande, outgoing French Justice Minsiter Gerald Darmanin and Former French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, Jean-Marc Ayrault, Dominique de Villepin, French Ombudswoman (Defender of Rights) Claire Hedon, Lebanese-born French author and Perpetual Secretary of the Academie Francaise Amin Maalouf and outgoing French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu during ceremony to induct Robert Badinter, former Minister of Justice, into the Pantheon in Paris, France on October 9 2025. Former French lawyer and minister of Justice and famous for his fight against the death penalty, which he supported abolishing in 1981, Robert Badinter, is laid to rest in The Pantheon mausoleum during a solemn ceremony presided over by the French President on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty, which he authored. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Outgoing French Culture Minister Rachida Dati, Outgoing French Education Minister Elisabeth Borne, Former French President Francois Hollande, outgoing French Justice Minsiter Gerald Darmanin and Former French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, Jean-Marc Ayrault and Dominique de Villepin during ceremony to induct Robert Badinter, former Minister of Justice, into the Pantheon in Paris, France on October 9 2025. Former French lawyer and minister of Justice and famous for his fight against the death penalty, which he supported abolishing in 1981, Robert Badinter, is laid to rest in The Pantheon mausoleum during a solemn ceremony presided over by the French President on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty, which he authored. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Former French President Francois Hollande, outgoing French Justice Minsiter Gerald Darmanin and Former French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou during ceremony to induct Robert Badinter, former Minister of Justice, into the Pantheon in Paris, France on October 9 2025. Former French lawyer and minister of Justice and famous for his fight against the death penalty, which he supported abolishing in 1981, Robert Badinter, is laid to rest in The Pantheon mausoleum during a solemn ceremony presided over by the French President on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty, which he authored. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Jean-Marc Ayrault, Dominique de Villepin, Former French Prime Minister Michel Barnier, Outgoing French Justice Minsiter Gerald Darmanin and Former French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou during ceremony to induct Robert Badinter, former Minister of Justice, into the Pantheon in Paris, France on October 9 2025. Former French lawyer and minister of Justice and famous for his fight against the death penalty, which he supported abolishing in 1981, Robert Badinter, is laid to rest in The Pantheon mausoleum during a solemn ceremony presided over by the French President on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty, which he authored. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Jean-Marc Ayrault, Dominique de Villepin, Former French Prime Minister Michel Barnier, Outgoing French Justice Minsiter Gerald Darmanin and Former French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou during ceremony to induct Robert Badinter, former Minister of Justice, into the Pantheon in Paris, France on October 9 2025. Former French lawyer and minister of Justice and famous for his fight against the death penalty, which he supported abolishing in 1981, Robert Badinter, is laid to rest in The Pantheon mausoleum during a solemn ceremony presided over by the French President on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty, which he authored. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Former French President Francois Hollande, outgoing French Justice Minsiter Gerald Darmanin and Former French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou during ceremony to induct Robert Badinter, former Minister of Justice, into the Pantheon in Paris, France on October 9 2025. Former French lawyer and minister of Justice and famous for his fight against the death penalty, which he supported abolishing in 1981, Robert Badinter, is laid to rest in The Pantheon mausoleum during a solemn ceremony presided over by the French President on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty, which he authored. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Former French President Francois Hollande, outgoing French Justice Minsiter Gerald Darmanin and Former French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou during ceremony to induct Robert Badinter, former Minister of Justice, into the Pantheon in Paris, France on October 9 2025. Former French lawyer and minister of Justice and famous for his fight against the death penalty, which he supported abolishing in 1981, Robert Badinter, is laid to rest in The Pantheon mausoleum during a solemn ceremony presided over by the French President on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty, which he authored. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Ceremony to Induct Robert Badinter at Pantheon - Paris

Jean-Marc Ayrault, Dominique de Villepin, Former French Prime Minister Michel Barnier, Outgoing French Justice Minsiter Gerald Darmanin and Former French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou during ceremony to induct Robert Badinter, former Minister of Justice, into the Pantheon in Paris, France on October 9 2025. Former French lawyer and minister of Justice and famous for his fight against the death penalty, which he supported abolishing in 1981, Robert Badinter, is laid to rest in The Pantheon mausoleum during a solemn ceremony presided over by the French President on October 9, 2025, the anniversary of the enactment of the law abolishing the death penalty, which he authored. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Francois Bayrou at Paris Air Show 2025 - Le Bourget

Francois Bayrou at Paris Air Show 2025 - Le Bourget

France Prime Minsiter Francois Bayrou attends The 55th edition of the International Paris Air Show at the Paris–Le Bourget Airport, in Le Bourget, suburb of Paris on June 16, 2025. Photo by Jeanne Accorsini/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

Iranians Mark 46th Anniversary Of Islamic Revolution - Tehran

Iranians Mark 46th Anniversary Of Islamic Revolution - Tehran

Two men wearing face masks of the US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minsiter Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as prison uniforms are put behind bars during a rally that marks the 46th anniversary of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran, on February 10, 2025. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

State Dinner in Honor of Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani - Paris

State Dinner in Honor of Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani - Paris

Qatari Minsiter of Interior Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani arriving at Elysee Palace in Paris, France on February 27, 2024 to a state dinner in honor of Qatar's Emir. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Handover Ceremony At Hotel De Matignon - Paris

Handover Ceremony At Hotel De Matignon - Paris

French outgoing Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne and her successor former Minister of National Education Gabriel Attal with French outgoing Prime Minister 's director of cabinet Jean-Denis Combrexelle and Chief of staff of New Prime Minsiter Gabriel Attal, Fanny Anor during the handover ceremony in the courtyard of the Hotel Matignon, French Prime ministers' official residence, in Paris, France on January 9, 2024. Gabriel Attal becomes the youngest Prime Minister in the history of the Fifth Republic. Photo by Jacques WittPool/ABACAPRESS.COM

PM Donald Tusk Fleshes Out Programme - Warsaw

PM Donald Tusk Fleshes Out Programme - Warsaw

Former Prime Minsiter Mateusz Morawiecki attends a session in the Polish Parliament in Warsaw, Poland on December 12, 2023. New Polish PM Donald Tusk has laid out his programme for government, promising major change after eight years of nationalist government. The plans include improving relations with the European Union and pledging to restore the rule of law, the focus of a long-running row with Brussels. Photo by Fot.Tedi/Newspix/ABACAPRESS.COM

Japan-Bangladesh talks

Japan-Bangladesh talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minsiter Naoto Kan (R) and Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina shake hands at the premier's office in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2010. Kan promised Hasina that Japan would study the possibility of cutting tariffs on clothing imports from Bangladesh.

FM Okada accepts DPJ's No.2 post

FM Okada accepts DPJ's No.2 post

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (C) walks to the prime minister's office in Tokyo for a meeting with Prime Minsiter Naoto Kan on Sept. 16, 2010. Okada said he has accepted Kan's offer to take the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's No. 2 post of secretary general.

FM Okada accepts DPJ's No.2 post

FM Okada accepts DPJ's No.2 post

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada walks to the prime minister's office in Tokyo for a meeting with Prime Minsiter Naoto Kan on Sept. 16, 2010. Okada said he has accepted Kan's offer to take the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's No. 2 post of secretary general.

Aso named foreign minsiter

Aso named foreign minsiter

TOKYO, Japan - Former Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Taro Aso, who was appointed as foreign minister Oct. 31, speaks during a news conference at the prime minister's office the same day.

(4)Fate of 3 Japanese hostages still unknown

(4)Fate of 3 Japanese hostages still unknown

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) shakes hands with Turkish Prime Minsiter Recep Tayyip Erdogan at his office in Tokyo on April 12. Koizumi asked Erdogan for help in efforts to get the three Japanese hostages in Iraq released. (Pool photo)

LREM Campus 2021 - Avignon

LREM Campus 2021 - Avignon

French Economy Minsiter Bruno Le Maire and His wife Pauline Dousseau de Bazignan during the summer 'University' called "Campus 2021" organised by presidential party LREM (La Republique en Marche) in Avignon, southern France, on October 2, 2021. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

LREM Campus 2021 - Avignon

LREM Campus 2021 - Avignon

French Economy Minsiter Bruno Le Maire and His wife Pauline Dousseau de Bazignan during the summer 'University' called "Campus 2021" organised by presidential party LREM (La Republique en Marche) in Avignon, southern France, on October 2, 2021. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

LREM Campus 2021 - Avignon

LREM Campus 2021 - Avignon

French Economy Minsiter Bruno Le Maire and His wife Pauline Dousseau de Bazignan during the summer 'University' called "Campus 2021" organised by presidential party LREM (La Republique en Marche) in Avignon, southern France, on October 2, 2021. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

LREM Campus 2021 - Avignon

LREM Campus 2021 - Avignon

French Economy Minsiter Bruno Le Maire and His wife Pauline Dousseau de Bazignan during the summer 'University' called "Campus 2021" organised by presidential party LREM (La Republique en Marche) in Avignon, southern France, on October 2, 2021. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

LREM Campus 2021 - Avignon

LREM Campus 2021 - Avignon

French Economy Minsiter Bruno Le Maire and His wife Pauline Dousseau de Bazignan during the summer 'University' called "Campus 2021" organised by presidential party LREM (La Republique en Marche) in Avignon, southern France, on October 2, 2021. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Aso named foreign minsiter

Aso named foreign minsiter

TOKYO, Japan - Former Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Taro Aso, who was appointed as foreign minister Oct. 31, speaks during a news conference at the prime minister's office the same day. (Kyodo)

FM Okada accepts DPJ's No.2 post

FM Okada accepts DPJ's No.2 post

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada walks to the prime minister's office in Tokyo for a meeting with Prime Minsiter Naoto Kan on Sept. 16, 2010. Okada said he has accepted Kan's offer to take the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's No. 2 post of secretary general. (Kyodo)

FM Okada accepts DPJ's No.2 post

FM Okada accepts DPJ's No.2 post

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (C) walks to the prime minister's office in Tokyo for a meeting with Prime Minsiter Naoto Kan on Sept. 16, 2010. Okada said he has accepted Kan's offer to take the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's No. 2 post of secretary general. (Kyodo)

Japan-Bangladesh talks

Japan-Bangladesh talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minsiter Naoto Kan (R) and Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina shake hands at the premier's office in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2010. Kan promised Hasina that Japan would study the possibility of cutting tariffs on clothing imports from Bangladesh. (Kyodo)

PM Abe speaks about Japanese abducted by North Korea

PM Abe speaks about Japanese abducted by North Korea

Japanese Prime Minsiter Shinzo Abe (far L) speaks at a meeting in Tokyo on April 22, 2018 with families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea, stressing his resolve to move forward the long-stalled issue. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

N. Korea launches missile that falls in Japan's EEZ

N. Korea launches missile that falls in Japan's EEZ

Japanese Defense Minsiter Gen Nakatani meets with reporters in Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2016, following a report that North Korea launched a ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan that fell in waters within Japan's exclusive economic zone. Nakatani ordered Japan's Self-Defense Forces to devote themselves to information gathering and surveillance in the wake of the launch. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan, China foreign ministers meet in Laos

Japan, China foreign ministers meet in Laos

Japanese Foreign Minsiter Fumio Kishida (L) shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi ahead of holding talks on July 25, 2016, in the Laotian capital Vientiane. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

(4)Fate of 3 Japanese hostages still unknown

(4)Fate of 3 Japanese hostages still unknown

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) shakes hands with Turkish Prime Minsiter Recep Tayyip Erdogan at his office in Tokyo on April 12. Koizumi asked Erdogan for help in efforts to get the three Japanese hostages in Iraq released. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)