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BRICS urge all countries to implement Paris Climate Agreement
Jul 07, 2017 14:48The heads of state of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, which constitute the BRICS emerging countries, have called for the implementation of the Paris Agreement on climate despite opposition from the United States.
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Zarif urges more Iran-France political talks
Jul 03, 2017 15:21Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called for the continuation of political negotiations between Iran and France.
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Iran will resist divisive plots in Mideast: Velayati
Jul 03, 2017 15:21A senior adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iran will resist any plot aimed at weakening or dividing up countries in the Middle East.
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Total seals Iran’s biggest gas deal in years
Jul 03, 2017 09:37French energy giant Total signed a multi-billion-dollar gas deal with Iran, the first by a foreign firm in more than a decade.
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Shooting near mosque wounds 8 in southeast France
Jul 03, 2017 04:33Two armed men have opened fire on people outside a mosque in southeast France, wounding at least eight people, including a seven-year-old girl.
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France’s Macron says Assad removal no longer necessary
Jun 22, 2017 01:45French President Emmanuel Macron said his country no longer deems the removal of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as a precondition for resolving the conflict in the Arab country.
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Total hails new format of Iranian oil deals
Jun 21, 2017 09:58Total Chief Executive Patrick Pouyanne who is preparing to sign a major gas contract with Iran has hailed the country’s new format of oil sector agreements as “a real improvement”.
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French defense minister quits over fake jobs claims
Jun 20, 2017 07:54French Defense Minister Sylvie Goulard has announced her resignation over a fake jobs scandal that has hit her small centrist MoDem Party, allied with President Emmanuel Macron's party.
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Iran sees strategic gains in Total deal
Jun 18, 2017 07:25As Iran is preparing to sing a much-delayed deal with the French energy giant Total over the development of a major gas project, indications are growing that Tehran is already looking at the political messages that the deal could send to the world.
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Runoff parliamentary elections start in France, Macron’s party projected to win
Jun 18, 2017 04:45Polling stations have opened in France in the second round of parliamentary elections, as President Emmanuel Macron’s newly-established party is on its way to taking over the French Lower House.