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France’s arms sales to Saudis jumped by %50 in 2018: Data
Jun 05, 2019 01:45Newly-released figures show that France increased its weapons sales to Saudi Arabia by 50 percent last year despite growing international concern about the atrocities committed in a Saudi-led war on Yemen.
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Iraq sentences last two French nationals to death for joining Daesh
Jun 03, 2019 09:14An Iraqi court has sentenced to death the last two French nationals on trial in the Arab country for joining the terrorist Daesh group and involvement in acts of terror.
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'Yellow vest' protesters stage another march in Paris
Jun 01, 2019 15:05A few hundred "yellow vest" demonstrators gathered in Paris to denounce police violence and continue their protest against President Emmanuel Macron and his economic reform agenda. But turnout was lower on the 29th straight weekend of protests.
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Another Saudi ship leaves French port without weapons amid anti-war protests
May 31, 2019 01:50Activists have managed to force yet another Saudi cargo ship to leave the southern French Port of Fos-sur-Mer without loading weapons that it was supposed to take back home amid Riyadh's deadly war against the people of Yemen.
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France blasts ‘dirty’ Saudi-led war, but keeps arms flow
May 29, 2019 00:48France has urged Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to stop the “dirty war” on Yemen, but says, at the same time, that it will continue its controversial arms sales to the Persian Gulf states.
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Iraq sentences two more French citizens to death for joining Daesh
May 29, 2019 00:44An Iraqi court has sentenced two more French citizens to death after they were found guilty of joining the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group and involvement in acts of terror across the conflict-ridden Arab country and neighboring Syria, bringing the total number of former French terrorists condemned to death this week to six.
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France nabs 2 suspects in Lyon bombing case
May 27, 2019 09:41France says it has arrested two suspects over a bombing attack that injured 13 people in the southeastern city of Lyon last week.
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Far-right parties make considerable gains in EU elections
May 27, 2019 04:02Partial results from the European Parliament elections suggest that far-right parties have scored considerable gains.
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Iraqi sentences 3 French citizens to death over Daesh membership
May 27, 2019 01:40An Iraqi court has sentenced three French citizens to death over membership in the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group and involvement in acts of terror across the conflict-ridden Arab country and neighboring Syria.
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Iran slams as politically-motivated France's extradition of Iranian engineer to US
May 25, 2019 13:52Iran has denounced as politically-motivated a French court’s verdict to extradite an Iranian engineer to the United States over accusations of importing American technology for military purposes.