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Total: South Pars gas project 'progressing well' despite Trump's threats
Feb 07, 2018 05:38Total’s work on the South Pars gas project is well on track despite US threats of new sanctions on Iran, the French oil and gas group’s Chief Executive Patrick Pouyanne says.
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Sole surviving suspect in 2015 Paris attacks goes on trial
Feb 05, 2018 09:21The sole surviving suspected member of a group that carried out deadly terrorist attacks in the French capital of Paris in 2015 has gone on trial at a court in Belgium over charges related to a shootout with police prior to his arrest.
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Iran never to allow French FM to interfere in its domestic affairs: Ayatollah Khatami
Feb 02, 2018 16:15Tehran's interim Friday Prayer Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ahmad Khatami reiterated Iran’s policy on its missile program and said the country would never allow foreigners, including French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, to interfere in its domestic affairs.
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Military copters crash in south France, 5 killed
Feb 02, 2018 10:20At least five people have died in an incident during which two French military helicopters belonging to an army flight training school crashed in southern France.
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Turkey rejects France warning on Syria operation as 'insults'
Feb 01, 2018 11:24Turkey has hit back at France's warning over Ankara's military campaign against US-backed Kurdish militants in Syria, describing it as insulting.
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Fresh attack kills 4 soldiers in Mali’s troubled north
Jan 28, 2018 14:19Militants have launched a fresh attack on military personnel in Mali’s lawless northern desert region, killing four soldiers.
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1,500 evacuated in Paris as rising Seine poses flood risk
Jan 28, 2018 13:38Nearly 1,500 people have been evacuated from homes in the Paris region, with authorities on alert for any major flood risk after the levels of the swollen River Seine rose further on Sunday.
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French president urges more sanctions, pressure on Venezuela
Jan 27, 2018 09:49French President Emmanuel Macron has called for increasing European Union (EU) sanctions on Venezuela, just over a week after the 28-nation bloc, which has sided with the Latin American state’s opposition in its anti-government struggles, slapped a fresh series of bans against Caracas.
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Macron prepares draconian new French anti-immigrant law
Jan 25, 2018 05:21Just recently, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced that his government will present a final bill on refugees and immigrants in the Council of Ministers in February. The bill represents a drastic assault on the right to asylum, effectively handing police authorities the power to deport refugees en masse without any serious hearing whatsoever. Paris-based social activist and commentator Athiyan Silva has more.
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Syria, Russia dismiss US chemical attack claims
Jan 24, 2018 14:13Syria and Russia have rejected claims by the US and France that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons, saying such accusations are merely meant to hinder efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in the Arab state.