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At least 6 killed in flash floods in southern France
Oct 15, 2018 06:51At least six people were killed in flash floods in the southwestern Aude district of France after several months’ worth of rain fell in just a few hours overnight, the local government prefect said on Monday.
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China: Ex-interpol chief under probe for bribery, law violation
Oct 08, 2018 06:27China’s Public Security Ministry says the ex-head of the International Criminal Police Organization, or Interpol, has been placed under investigation on suspicion of bribery.
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France: Row with US on Iran can boost EU’s financial independence
Oct 06, 2018 03:40France says the European Union must use the ongoing row with the US over the Iran nuclear deal as a chance to increase the bloc's financial autonomy and stop following Washington’s lead in its trade relations with the world.
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EU’s SPV insufficient to boost France exports to Iran: France
Sep 27, 2018 10:25As the remaining signatories to the Iran nuclear deal are preparing to implement their financial initiative within the coming months to save the 2015 nuclear accord following the US unilateral withdrawal, a political party in France casts doubt on the overall efficiency of the mechanism calling on Paris to set up a joint bank with Iran to bypass the US sanctions.
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Trump behind oil price rally: Oil Minister
Sep 26, 2018 10:05Iran’s Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh says President Donald Trump is behind the current oil price spike, dismissing the US president’s attack on OPEC in his controversial address to the UN on Tuesday.
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India’s PM faces resignation calls over ‘corruption’ in French jet deal
Sep 22, 2018 08:59India’s opposition parties have called for the resignation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his alleged role in a major military deal with France.
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French far-right leader refuses court-ordered psych test
Sep 21, 2018 09:13French far-right politician Marine Le Pen has refused to submit to a court-ordered psychiatric exam over tweeting images of cruel acts of violence by Daesh terrorist group, voicing outrage over the ruling.
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UK, France dispatch jets to intercept Russian bombers over North Sea
Sep 21, 2018 04:39Britain and France have separately scrambled fighter jets to intercept two Russian long-range bombers that they said were approaching UK airspace over the North Sea.
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Iran raps slow French police response to embassy attack in Paris
Sep 16, 2018 00:59Iran confirms that its Embassy building in Paris has come under terrorist attack, criticizing, however, the French police for arriving late on the scene.
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Terrorists attack Iran's embassy in Paris
Sep 15, 2018 10:45Iran’s Embassy in Paris has come under attack by alleged supporters of Iraq-based anti-Iran terrorists after the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) fired missiles at terrorist commanders in the Arab country's Kurdistan region.