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Turkey urges France to refrain from escalating Mediterranean tensions
Aug 15, 2020 01:51Turkey has urged France to refrain from escalating tensions in the eastern Mediterranean, following the French government’s announcement of a plan to increase military presence in the area in support of Ankara’s regional rival Greece.
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No colonial power can return to Lebanon, President Aoun says, rebuffing Macron
Aug 07, 2020 11:11Lebanese President Michel Aoun says no colonial power can return to Lebanon, following a trip by French President Emmanuel Macron to disaster-stricken Beirut that sparked outrage among the Lebanese.
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Macron’s colonial-style Lebanon sojourn sparks derision, outcry
Aug 07, 2020 06:47Lebanese people have taken to the social media to vent their anger at French President Emmanuel Macron over his uninvited visit to Lebanon and his "colonial mentality" by calling for a new political pact and reportedly threatening the country's leaders.
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In flagrant act of interference, French president proposes new ‘political pact’ for Lebanon
Aug 07, 2020 00:13French President Emmanuel Macron has asked for a “new political pact” among the Lebanese groups in flagrant interference in the West Asian country’s internal affairs just two days after a devastating blast gutted out the Beirut port.
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Dozens of French MPs call on Bahrain to drop death sentences for two prisoners
Jul 30, 2020 01:54Dozens of French legislators have expressed concern over the breaches of fair trial proceedings and various forms of torture that two imprisoned Bahraini men have been subjected to, urging authorities in the Persian Gulf kingdom to abolish death sentences handed down to them.
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Rwandan refugee accused of setting fire to the Nantes Cathedral
Jul 26, 2020 10:25Rwandan refugee with no previous criminal record has been arrested after admitting causing a fire that broke out in three parts of the 15th Century Gothic cathedral on July 18.
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Canada says black boxes of downed Ukrainian plane arrive in Paris
Jul 20, 2020 06:50Canada's foreign minister says the black boxes of a Ukrainian plane that crashed in Iran in January have arrived in France for analysis.
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France, Germany, Italy threaten sanctions on violators of Libya’s arms embargo
Jul 19, 2020 05:13France, Germany and Italy have threatened to impose sanctions against countries that are violating a United Nations (UN) arms embargo on conflict-torn Libya.
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Firemen battle blaze at Nantes cathedral in western France
Jul 18, 2020 11:08Firemen were battling a fire that broke out early on Saturday morning (July 18) inside the cathedral in the western French city of Nantes, the local fire service said on Twitter.
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France to probe Abu Dhabi crown prince over torture accusations in Yemen
Jul 18, 2020 02:23French authorities are opening an investigation into allegations that Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has been complicit in acts of torture in Yemen, where the UAE, along with Saudi Arabia and its allies, has been waging a years-long bloody war.