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Workers mark May Day with protest rallies in France, Spain, Germany
May 02, 2021 03:10Protests erupted in a number of European countries on May Day as demonstrators called for better working protections in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and the attributed economic crisis.
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Zarif slams France’s double standards on Iran defense program after ballistic missile test
Apr 29, 2021 01:32Following France’s test-firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has criticized Paris for pursuing double-standard policies and its discriminatory attempts to limit Iran’s missile defense program.
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Macron links knife attack to Muslims, says France keeps fighting terrorism
Apr 24, 2021 12:13In yet another verbal onslaught on the Muslim world, French President Emmanuel Macron has labeled a recent deadly knife attack in the country as an indication of what he claimed “Islamist terrorism” and said France would “never give in” to such radical moves.
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Female police officer dies in stabbing attack in France
Apr 24, 2021 00:32A female police officer has been killed by a knife-wielding assailant at a police station outside the French capital, Paris.
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Japan, US, France to hold first major drill amid tensions with China
Apr 23, 2021 11:49Japan, the United States, and France are set to hold joint military drills for the first time next month, amid rising tensions with China over the East and South China Seas.
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Italian police arrest man linked to 2016 terrorist attack in France's Nice
Apr 22, 2021 10:33Italian police have arrested a man on charges of providing weapons to the perpetrator of a 2016 terrorist attack that claimed dozens of lives in the southern French city of Nice.
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Muslims condemn France over its plan to ban hijab for minors
Apr 21, 2021 09:32Muslims are using social media platforms to vent their anger at France over its plan to ban the hijab for minors. They are using viral hashtag campaigns in different languages to condemn what they call French state oppression against Muslims and its criminalization of Islamic values.
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Pakistan parliament to decide on French envoy expulsion after anti-France protests
Apr 20, 2021 08:21Pakistan’s parliament is set to vote on whether to expel the French ambassador over the publication of derogatory cartoons attributing to Almighty’s Last and Greatest Messenger to Mankind Prophet Muhammad (blessings of God upon him and his progeny) in France, which sparked large-scale protests in the Asian country.
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TLP releases 11 police hostages in Pakistan amid anti-France protests
Apr 19, 2021 03:31Eleven Pakistani police officers, who were taken hostage by supporters of a banned group during street protests in Lahore, have been released, authorities said.
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Russia urges leaders of France, Germany to help ease Ukraine tensions
Apr 17, 2021 00:26Russia has urged the leaders of France and Germany to help stop Ukraine's "provocative" actions in the restive east of the country and to encourage Kiev to observe ceasefire agreements in its long-running conflict with ethnic Russians there.