France

EU will die: France's far-right Le Pen

Mar 27, 2017 03:04

France's far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen says the European Union will “die” and she vows to save France from globalization.
France’s optimism on Raqqah recapture far from reality: Russia

Mar 26, 2017 08:11

Russia has rejected the US-led coalition’s “rosy forecasts” on surrounding and swiftly retaking the Syrian city of Raqqah from Daesh, saying any such victory could only be achieved through concerted cooperation among all parties fighting terror in the Arab state.
Police use teargas to disperse anti-brutality rally in Paris

Mar 20, 2017 05:15

Thousands of people took to the streets of Paris in protest to police violence, a month after a police officer was charged with rape.
Flights resume at Paris airport after attempted attack

Mar 19, 2017 10:24

Flights have resumed at Paris’ Orly Airport one day after a man was shot and killed while attempting to stage a shooting attack.
French police gun down man who seized soldier’s weapon at Paris airport

Mar 18, 2017 17:08

A man has been shot dead at an airport in the French capital of Paris after grabbing a soldier’s gun at the site.
Eight wounded in shooting at school in France’s Grasse

Mar 16, 2017 11:36

Shooting at a high school in southeastern French town of Grasse has left at least eight people injured, the country's Interior Ministry spokesman says.
IMF's Paris employee injured after letter bomb explosion

Mar 16, 2017 11:36

A letter bomb has exploded at the French office of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), injuring an employee.
New poll sees France’s Le Pen losing presidential race in round 1

Mar 10, 2017 04:30

A new poll has predicted for the first time that France’s Centrist Presidential Candidate Emmanuel Macron would defeat far-right contender Marine Le Pen in the initial round of the French presidential election next month.
No one can make me quit French election, says scandal-struck Fillon

Mar 06, 2017 04:22

Beleaguered French presidential candidate Francois Fillon says “no one” can stop him from taking part in the elections.
Iran says it ‘understands’ Total’s concerns

Mar 05, 2017 10:41

Iran says it understands why Total had to delay a decision to go ahead with the development of a key gas project in the country until the position of the new US administration toward foreign investments in the Islamic Republic is known.