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Rights groups threaten legal action against France over arms exports to Saudi, UAE
Mar 23, 2018 01:39Two human rights groups have given the government of French President Emmanuel Macron two months to end its arms exports to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which are involved in a devastating three-year-old conflict in Yemen, or face legal proceedings.
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France: Sarkozy charged over Libyan money claims
Mar 22, 2018 00:35Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was handed preliminary charges Wednesday over allegations he accepted millions of euros in illegal campaign funding from the late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
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France: Sarkozy held in Libya financing probe
Mar 21, 2018 04:00Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was being held in police custody on Tuesday for questioning by magistrates looking into allegations of Libyan funding for his 2007 election campaign, an official in the French judiciary said.
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US, British, French forces directly involved in Syria war: Russia FM
Mar 17, 2018 10:13Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says US, British and French special forces are “directly” engaged in the war on Syria and operating on the ground in crisis-stricken country.
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France’s Macron bashes Trump for withdrawing from climate deal
Mar 11, 2018 13:05French President Emmanuel Macron has expressed regret over a decision by United States under President Donald Trump to pull out of a major international agreement on climate preservation.
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France says wants to be India’s gateway to EU, replacing Britain
Mar 10, 2018 15:15French President Emmanuel Macron says his country wants to replace Britain as India’s gateway to Europe.
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In warning to US, France says all sides will lose in trade war
Mar 10, 2018 10:58French President Emmanuel Macron has warned his US counterpart Donald Trump against the implementation of planned tariffs on European steel and aluminum, saying that the controversial measure could provoke a mutually destructive “trade war.”
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Iran's FM says US blocking EU's adherence to JCPOA
Mar 06, 2018 02:56The US is hindering to European Union's adherence to Iran's historic nuclear deal, says Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
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All to regret nuclear deal failure: President Rouhani
Mar 05, 2018 15:43President Hassan Rouhani says everyone will regret the possible collapse of the landmark nuclear agreement reached between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries in 2015 as the US continues its efforts to sabotage the deal and issues threats to pull out of it.
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Europe policy of appeasing Trump on Iran 'wrong': Shamkhani
Mar 05, 2018 10:16Iran's top security official has criticized Europe for trying to appease US President Donald Trump who has threatened to scuttle a 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran if radical changes are not made to it.