France

France's Vilmorin defies US with seed exports to Iran

Mar 06, 2019 06:11

France’s seed maker Vilmorin is defying new US sanctions on Iran to maintain exports to the West Asian country which is the world’s fifth largest vegetable grower.
Senior French terrorist Jean-Michel Clain killed in Daesh Syria’s redoubt

Mar 06, 2019 03:16

Prominent French terrorist Jean-Michel Clain has been killed as US-backed and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are fighting to retake the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group's last enclave in the Eastern Syrian Province of Dayr al-Zawr.
First batch of French-made Rafael jets to arrive in India in September

Mar 04, 2019 10:15

India says it will induct French-made Rafale fighter jets into its air force later this year, amid heightened military tensions with Pakistan, which saw the two nuclear-armed neighbors target each other’s warplanes last week.
France: Police use tear gas on Yellow Vests protesters in Lyon

Mar 03, 2019 02:53

The 16th Yellow Vests march in Lyon ended with police launching tear gas at the protesters on Saturday.
Iran releases French citizen detained for unauthorized entry

Feb 25, 2019 03:38

The Iranian foreign ministry says the country has released a French citizen who had been detained in Iran’s Kish Island in October over unauthorized entry.
Russia's AvtoVaz says in talks to make cars in Iran

Feb 21, 2019 01:54

A senior Russian official says the country’s largest carmaker AvtoVaz is negotiating the assembly and sale of its cars in Iran where there is massive pent-up demand for new automobiles.
'Yellow Vests' rally in front of UN office in Geneva

Feb 20, 2019 15:31

Around a thousand 'Yellow Vest' protesters from France and Switzerland gathered in front of the United Nations office in Geneva to denounce the violence of the French police during Yellow Vest demonstrations.
France: Yellow Vests protesters march through Paris

Feb 18, 2019 05:43

Yellow Vests demonstrators took to the streets of Paris on Sunday to continue their months-long protest.
France: Police clash with Yellow Vests protesters in Lyon

Feb 17, 2019 02:32

Yellow Vests demonstrators clashed with police in Lyon on Saturday, after the movement resumed their protest for the 14th consecutive weekend across the country.
Meeting with Yellow Vests protesters ‘legitimate’: Italy

Feb 11, 2019 05:14

Italian Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio has defended his controversial meeting with Yellow Vests protesters, which prompted Paris to recall the French ambassador from Rome and sparked a crisis in bilateral ties.