France

Israel takes repressive measures against French-Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike

Oct 05, 2022 02:25

Israeli prison authorities have taken a series of repressive measures against prominent French-Palestinian human rights defender Salah Hamouri, after he started an open-ended hunger strike in protest against the regime’s policy of detention without charge or trial.
French justice minister faces trial on conflict of interest charge

Oct 03, 2022 10:33

French Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti will have to stand trial in a conflict of interest case that has been an embarrassment for President Emmanuel Macron's government, his lawyers said Monday, adding they immediately appealed the move.
Iran summons France’s chargé d’affaires over interference in internal affairs

Sep 29, 2022 16:29

Foreign Ministry has summoned Frances’s chargé d'affaires to Tehran to protest meddlesome measures by the French government in Iran’s domestic affairs and its stance about riots instigated by counterrevolutionary elements across the country.
President slams Europe’s ‘unconstructive’ anti-Iran approach at IAEA

Sep 20, 2022 14:59

Meeting his French counterpart, President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi hits out at the European countries for having pursued a resolution against Tehran’s nuclear program at the UN nuclear watchdog amid diplomatic efforts aimed at reviving the 2015 agreement.
Protesters in Niger demand departure of French troops

Sep 19, 2022 03:35

Hundreds of Nigeriens have taken to the streets of the capital, Niamey, to protest against the presence of French troops in their country.
European court urges France to repatriate Daesh-linked family in Syria

Sep 18, 2022 01:50

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has called on France to repatriate two French citizens who joined the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in Syria, saying Paris has violated human rights.
Ukraine’s attacks on nuclear plant could be ‘catastrophic,’ Putin warns Macron

Sep 12, 2022 03:07

Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron that Ukraine’s attacks on Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant could lead to “catastrophic consequences.”
Public buildings lighting turns off in French city of Lille amid energy crunch

Sep 11, 2022 04:13

French officials in the city of Lille have cut the lighting in public buildings in a bid to decrease power consumption as the nation head to a difficult cold season amid the continent’s energy crunch.
Report: France sees biggest poverty increase in 30 years

Sep 10, 2022 01:55

The annual report from one of France’s top NGOs revealed that poverty has already skyrocketed this year, and that’s at what many say is only the beginning of years of inflation and recession provoked by sanctions on Russia over the unrest in Ukraine.
French prime minister warns of energy ‘rationing’ risk in winter

Aug 30, 2022 03:35

France's Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has expressed alarm about the risk of energy rationing across the country in winter, calling on French companies and businesses to take steps to reduce consumption amid the Russian military operation in Ukraine.