Emmanuel Macron  

Macron is the latest head of state to contract the virus. Earlier, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and U.S President Donald Trump had tested positive.

 The 42-year-old took a test after symptoms appeared and will now isolate for seven days, the Elysée Palace said in a statement.

France calls out Pakistan Minister Shireen Mazari's fake news propaganda which claimed that President Emmanuel Macron had ordered the issuing of forced ID numbers for Muslim children.

People in Bhendi Bazaar area spotted hundreds of posters of Macron, who is facing criticism from Muslim countries over a cartoon row in France, pasted on the Mohammed Ali Road under JJ flyover on Thursday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined world leaders in condemning the recent terrorist attacks in France, including Thursday's heinous attack inside a church in Nice.
 

The 83-year-old, who heads the United Malays National Organization and was premier of a nation whose multi-ethnic population is over 60% Muslim, put out a series of tweets in which he sought to say Muslims have a right to punish the French.

An attacker with a knife has killed three people, including a woman who was decapitated at a church in the French city of Nice. Several people injured were also injured in the attack that happened in the city's Notre Dame church 

The External Affairs Ministry said: "We strongly deplore the personal attacks in unacceptable language on President Emmanuel Macron in violation of the most basic standards of international discourse. We also condemn the brutal terrorist attack that took the life of a French teacher in a gruesome manner that has shocked the world. We offer our condolences to his family and the people of France." 

In a televised address to the nation, President Emmanuel Macron said that under the new measures, people would only be allowed to leave home for essential work or medical reasons.

The Pakistan government shared a letter on Twitter in which Imran Khan has said that "growing Islamophobia" is encouraging extremism and violence "across the world" especially through social media platforms.