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Russian jets turn French warplanes away over Black Sea
Dec 08, 2021 12:06Russia has scrambled military aircraft to escort French fighter jets flying over the Black Sea.
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Khashoggi murder suspect arrested in France
Dec 08, 2021 05:31One of the suspects involved in the Saudi state-sponsored killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 has been detained at an airport near Paris, media reports say.
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Clashes mar far-right French presidential candidate's rally as he vows 'reconquest'
Dec 06, 2021 10:46French far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour has vowed a “reconquest” against decades of decline during his first campaign rally marred by clashes between his supporters and anti-racism protesters.
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Emmanuel Macron accused of trying to ‘rehabilitate’ Mohammed bin Salman
Dec 05, 2021 07:12Human rights groups have criticized French President, Emmanuel Macron’s meeting with Mohammed bin Salman in Saudi Arabia on Saturday (Dec. 04), which marked the first one-on-one public meeting of a major western leader with the crown prince of Saudi Arabia since the state-sponsored assassination of the dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Macron: France, European countries seeking diplomatic representation in Afghanistan
Dec 04, 2021 11:28Several European countries are considering opening a common site for diplomatic representation in Afghanistan following Kabul’s fall to the Taliban in August, says French President Emmanuel Macron.
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France complicit in Saudi-led coalition’s war crimes in Yemen: Official
Dec 04, 2021 06:06A senior Yemeni official has lambasted France over its collaboration with Saudi Arabia in the devastating war on Yemen as French President Emmanuel Macron has visited Persian Gulf Arab countries and signed lucrative weapons deals there.
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France signs deal to sell 80 Rafale fighter jets to UAE
Dec 04, 2021 03:05The French government has sealed a $19-billion arms trade deal with United Arab Emirates (UAE) to sell 80 Rafale warplanes and 12 military helicopters to the Arab country, France’s Defense Ministry has announced, amid French President Emanuel Macron’s two-day tour to the Persian Gulf region.
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France rebuffs UK’s proposals for resolving migrant crisis as violation of sovereignty
Dec 03, 2021 10:54France has firmly rejected Britain’s proposals for fighting illegal migration through joint patrols across the English Channel, saying the United Kingdom’s ideas encroach upon the country’s sovereignty amid rising tensions between the two sides over the migrant crisis.
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First case of Omicron variant case found in mainland France
Dec 02, 2021 08:11France on Thursday reported its first case of the new Omicron coronavirus variant near Paris as the government's top scientific adviser said it could become dominant in the country by the end of January.
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Raeisi to Macron: Iran seeks result in Vienna talks, negotiations must end in removal of sanctions
Nov 30, 2021 02:40Iran’s President Ebrahim Raeisi has told his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, that Tehran seeks a definitive result through the ongoing talks in the Austrian capital, emphasizing that Vienna negotiations must end in removal of sanctions imposed on Iran.