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French MPs approve infamous 'security bill' expanding police powers
Apr 16, 2021 11:07French lawmakers have passed a contentious “security bill” that expands police powers despite being widely denounced by civil rights groups and political opponents who say it will block exposing growing cases of police brutality and abuse.
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France’s latest anti-Islam bill draws fierce condemnation on social media
Apr 10, 2021 07:28France’s latest legislative move to ban the wearing of hijab in public by Muslim girls under the age of 18 has sparked fierce condemnation on social media platforms with widespread use of the hashtag #HandsOffMyHijab.
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Zarif urges France, Britain, Germany to act ‘constructively’ in upcoming Vienna meeting
Apr 05, 2021 01:08Iran’s foreign minister has urged the three European parties to the 2015 nuclear agreement to honor their commitments under the historic pact and act constructively in the upcoming meeting in Vienna.
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Stop abiding by illegal US sanctions: Iran's Zarif tells France's Le Drian
Apr 04, 2021 01:25Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif holds a telephone call with his French counterpart, urging Paris to live up to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and world powers, including by stopping its adherence to the illegal US sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
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Rights activists urge France to conduct probe into possible war crime in Mali
Apr 02, 2021 06:17Human rights activists have called on France to open an investigation into a January 3 airstrike on central Mali after a United Nations probe confirmed that the aerial attack had resulted in at least 19 civilian deaths.
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Macron orders COVID-19 lockdown across all of France, closes schools
Apr 01, 2021 03:15President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday ordered France into its third national lockdown and said schools would close for three weeks as he sought to push back a third wave of COVID-19 infections that threatens to overwhelm hospitals.
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Russian, German, French leaders discuss Iran nuclear deal
Mar 31, 2021 03:12The leaders of Russia, France and Germany, which are signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal, have exchanged views on the multilateral accord amid the standoff between Iran and the United States over the implementation of the agreement.
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Six civilians killed in French strike in northern Mali
Mar 28, 2021 08:08Local officials say the French military, purportedly on counter-terrorism missions in Mali, has killed six civilians in an airstrike in the northern part of the West African nation.
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Russia, Sputnik V developer hit back at Macron over vaccine world war remarks
Mar 27, 2021 03:54The Kremlin and the Russian developer of the COVID-19 vaccine have hit back at French President Emmanuel Macron over his remarks that Russia and China seek to “weaponize” their jabs to attack the European Union.
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Pro-Palestine activist stands trial after leading boycott against Israeli pharmaceutical company
Mar 22, 2021 10:44French activist Olivia Zemor has gone on trial in Lyon after making an online appeal in 2016 for a boycott of Israeli pharmaceutical giant Teva company.