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Turkey rejects Macron's comments on Ankara-Moscow rift after Syria strikes
Apr 16, 2018 12:25Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag has slammed remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron that a recent US-led military operation in Syria drove a wedge between Ankara and Moscow.
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French, UK leaders face fallout from Syria attack
Apr 16, 2018 04:11Europe’s two biggest military powers took a gamble in lining up behind US President Donald Trump to bombard Syria. Now they are facing a backlash which may cost them dearly.
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French president says he convinced Trump to keep troops in Syria
Apr 16, 2018 02:43French President Emmanuel Macron has said that he convinced US President Donald Trump to keep troops in Syria.
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France: Thousands gather to stop Macron’s reforms in Marseilles
Apr 15, 2018 02:01Thousands of people from unions and political parties gathered in Marseilles on Saturday to protest against French President Emmanuel Macron following his proposed labour reforms.
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Police blame ‘ultra-leftists’ for protests in western France
Apr 14, 2018 06:40French police have pointed the finger of blame at “ultra-leftists” as clashes with protesters over plans to convert a site in western France into a new airport entered a fifth day.
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Putin warns Macron against any ‘dangerous actions’ in Syria
Apr 14, 2018 01:07Russian President Vladimir Putin has cautioned his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron against any “dangerous actions” in war-torn Syria, as the West ponders possible strikes on the Arab country in retaliation for a suspected chemical attack near Damascus last week.
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French rail strike continues, two thirds of trains cancelled
Apr 13, 2018 14:36French rail workers have begun the third wave of strikes against President Emmanuel Macron's plans to reform the state operator SNCF.
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Iran: Saudi Arabia cannot hide support for terrorism through playing blame game
Apr 11, 2018 15:26Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has rejected Saudi officials’ anti-Iran remarks, saying Riyadh cannot conceal its black record of promoting extremism and supporting terrorism through playing a blame game.
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Frances' Macron defends arms sales to Saudi Arabia
Apr 11, 2018 01:31President Emmanuel Macron has defended France's arms sales to Saudi Arabia which is engaged in a deadly war against its neighbor Yemen.
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French police fire teargas to disperse protesting environmental activists
Apr 09, 2018 05:45French police fired teargas and stun grenades and were pelted with stones during a dawn swoop to clear eco-activists and anarchists from a site in western France that had been planned as a new airport.