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Peace-building suffers during pandemic obsession
Mar 17, 2021 10:45Evidence suggests that committed foreign aid being redirected from peace-building programs into efforts to deal with COVID-19 is likely to have even more of an impact on the ground than a decrease in foreign aid. A further reduction in funding and troops for UN peacekeeping missions is also likely.
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France slams EU members states for showing interest in Russian, Chinese vaccines
Mar 06, 2021 08:23A French cabinet minister has censured the European Union (EU) member states for showing interest in the Russian and Chinese COVID-19 vaccines instead of the ones developed by the US and the UK.
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Rouhani to Macron: Failure to seize chances of saving Iran deal to complicate impasse
Mar 02, 2021 16:34President Hassan Rouhani has called on the parties to the 2015 nuclear deal not to miss the remaining chances to revive the landmark agreement, warning that any “unconstructive” move at the UN nuclear watchdog’s upcoming board meeting will complicate the stalemate surrounding the accord.
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France’s former president Sarkozy convicted of corruption, handed jail sentence
Mar 02, 2021 02:46Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty by a court in the country’s capital, Paris, on charges of corruption and influence peddling.
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France, other accomplices to Yemen carnage cannot preach on ethics: Iran's diplomat
Feb 26, 2021 01:38An Iranian diplomat has hit back at France for its meddlesome stance, saying a country deeply involved in Yemen’s carnage cannot preach about morality.
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Low chance Peugeot, Renault would return to Iranian market: Industry source
Feb 24, 2021 01:46French automotive giants Peugeot and Renault have a low chance of returning to Iran if US eases its sanctions on the country both because of Iran’s unwillingness and the fact that the companies have expanded their US side of the business, says a senior industry source.
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Biden has called S Korea, France, Canada, UK leaders but not Israel’s premier
Feb 17, 2021 04:34US President Joe Biden is yet to call Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu although he has already contacted several other allies in Europe and Asia.
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Iranian technicians carry out overhauls on 6 mothballed helicopters
Feb 15, 2021 02:56Iranian technicians have successfully carried out repairs on engines of six French helicopters to bring them back to operation despite foreign sanctions that ban the imports of aircraft parts into the country.
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French minister condemns BDS
Feb 12, 2021 03:03French Justice Minister asks all prosecutors in France to condemn the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. But the European Court for Human Rights said last year that the movement is legal.
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Amnesty decries ‘arbitrary’ arrests of Paris protesters
Feb 08, 2021 11:27Amnesty International France has condemned the "arbitrary" arrests of dozens of people during a protest against a controversial security bill that would place restrictions on filming French police.