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Macron says closure of French bases in Mali to begin soon
Jul 10, 2021 00:32French’s President Emmanuel Macron says France would begin the process of shutting its bases in northern Mali later this year.
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Iranian, French navy chiefs meet on Reunion Island
Jun 30, 2021 01:04The Navy commanders of Iran and France held talks on the sidelines of a meeting of the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) on the Reunion Island, a French department in the Indian Ocean.
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Le Pen’s far-right party suffers blow in French regional elections
Jun 29, 2021 14:03Marine Le Pen’s far-right party has suffered a serious electoral blow when it failed to win a regional election in its stronghold in the south of France. The Rassemblement National (RN) had pinned its last chances on taking the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur region (PACA) after emerging victorious from last week’s first-round vote, although by a small margin.
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‘Slap in the face’ for Macron as French voters shun local elections
Jun 22, 2021 16:02The French President, Emmanuel Macron’s centrist party received what one of its own MPs called a “slap in the face” in regional and department elections on Sunday (20 Jun 2021). The president and his government failed to mobilise supporters, with an estimated 68% of voters shunning the polling stations – an unprecedented rate of abstention.
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35 French lawmakers rip UAE official’s candidacy to be Interpol chief
Jun 19, 2021 00:35Dozens of French legislators have protested against the candidacy of a United Arab Emirates (UAE) Interior Ministry official for president of Interpol, calling on President Emmanuel Macron to oppose the move.
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Participation of Iranians in presidential election in different countries
Jun 18, 2021 14:10Iranians residing in Australia, France, the Netherlands and Ivory Coast went to the polls on June 18 to cast their votes in the 13th presidential election.
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Iran drops Pakistan, France from red list of air travel destinations
Jun 16, 2021 02:55Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) has allowed a resumption of flights to and from Pakistan and France after designating the two countries as safe enough considering the risk of infection with the coronavirus.
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Beijing says small groups can’t rule world as G7 adopts anti-China agenda
Jun 13, 2021 11:27The Group of Seven’s adoption of a controversial agenda against China has escalated tensions, drawing a stern rebuke from Beijing about outdated assumptions that small groups of countries could still rule and make decisions for the rest of the world.
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Tens of thousands rally against far-right ideas in France
Jun 13, 2021 07:13Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets to demonstrate against the rise of far-right extremism across France, as tensions run high over the prospect of Marine Le Pen being elected president next May.
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Paris holds back military aid to CAR over alleged anti-French campaign
Jun 09, 2021 07:37France says it will withhold its military cooperation and budgetary aid to the Central African Republic pending further assessments, alleging that the government in Bangui has been involved in a “massive disinformation campaign” with Russia.