By Michel Rose April 2 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday it would be unrealistic to launch a military operation to force open the Strait of Hormuz, after U.S. President Donald Trump challenged U.

French President Emmanuel Macron will meet Pope Leo XIV for the first time Friday during a visit to the Vatican, against a background of the Iran war that both have condemned.

French President Emmanuel Macron says Iran has allowed two French former detainees, Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris, to leave the country.

France's president Emmanuel Macron blasted Donald Trump for making 'not elegant' comments about his wife as the pair come to blows over the US and Israel's war with Iran

The pair had been under house arrest at the French embassy in Tehran ever since being freed from more than three years in prison in November.

French President Emmanuel Macron is calling on medium-sized powers to join forces and stand up to the US and China.

Emmanuel Macron has criticised Donald Trump after the US president mocked him for being shoved by his wife. In a speech in which he attacked Nato allies for not joining the Iran war, Mr Trump said Brigitte Macron had treated the French president “extremely badly” and that Mr Macron was “still recovering from the right to the jaw”.

PM Sudani informed President Macron that Iraqi forces arrested those behind the Erbil drone strike that killed a French officer. They also discussed the crisis in Lebanon.

Macron calls for Middle East de-escalation while Trump and Israel push military pressure against Iran, exposing growing diplomatic rifts over regional strategy.

An exchange between the two leaders this week was the latest sign that trans-Atlantic ties are souring over the Iran war.

French President Emmanuel Macron shot back at President Trump for comments he made about NATO and his wife, according to a report from French outlets Le Monde and Agence France-Presse (AFP). Trump on Wednesday ridiculed Macron as well as his wife,