France

France bans use of social media platforms on government staff phones over 'cybersecurity' concerns

Mar 25, 2023 11:05

France has banned government employees from using all types of social media platforms, gaming, and video-streaming apps on their work phones, citing cybersecurity and privacy concerns, amid widespread protests across the country.
Rights groups slam French police brutality against protesters

Mar 25, 2023 03:13

Criticism from human rights groups mounted on Friday over the brutality of French police in handling protests opposed to President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform.
Iran: France must observe human rights, avoid violence

Mar 24, 2023 10:44

Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says the French government should observe human rights and avoid violence against peaceful protesters.
Hundreds arrested after over a million protest in 300 cities in France

Mar 24, 2023 08:35

Hundreds of protesters have been arrested, and hundreds of French security forces injured as more than one million people take part in a nationwide protest against French president Emmanuel Macron's pension plan.
Iran urges France to heed protesters’ demands rather than stoke unrest in other countries

Mar 24, 2023 04:42

The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry has called upon French authorities to respond to the demands of hundreds of thousands of mainly peaceful protesters who have marched across the country against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform, rather than to stoke unrest in other countries.
France unrest: Hundreds of thousands protest against Macron

Mar 23, 2023 09:28

Hundreds of thousands of people were expected to protest across France Thursday after President Emmanuel Macron said he will not back down on raising the pension age.
French police, energy workers clash over pension reform

Mar 22, 2023 02:45

In France, police and refinery workers who were on strike have clashed as nationwide protests continue over pension reform.
French police fire tear gas as protesters set piles of rubbish on fire in Paris

Mar 21, 2023 03:42

Protesters set piles of rubbish on fire in central Paris on Monday after President Emmanuel Macron's government narrowly survived a no-confidence motion in parliament on Monday over a deeply unpopular pension reform.
France unrest: Refinery strikes continue as Macron survives no-confidence vote

Mar 21, 2023 02:35

Strikes at French refineries continue as part of a nationwide movement against pension reform by President Emmanuel Macron.
Iran slams French police violence against protesters as non-commitment to democracy

Mar 19, 2023 09:57

The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has condemned the violence by the French police against anti-government demonstrators in the European country, saying the move bespeaks France’s non-adherence to democratic principles and speech freedom.