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Erdogan, Macron trade barbs in 'brain death' dispute
Nov 30, 2019 07:35Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has engaged in a war of words with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron after the latter said NATO was dying owing to a lack of coordination between member states to respond to Ankara’s Syria offensive.
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Foreign Ministry slams France's 'unconstructive' JCPOA claims
Nov 28, 2019 14:04Foreign Ministry has raised serious objection to the French foreign minister’s comments pointing to Paris’s inclination to bring Iran back under the United Nations sanctions.
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Black boxes from France’s ill-fated helicopters found in Mali
Nov 28, 2019 09:34The black boxes from two French military helicopters that collided and killed 13 soldiers during an operation against alleged militants in Mali have been recovered, France has announced.
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13 French troopers killed in helicopter crash in Mali
Nov 26, 2019 12:33French President Emmanuel Macron says 13 French troopers have been killed in a helicopter crash during an operation against militants in Mali.
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France designates Abu Dhabi as Persian Gulf European mission HQ, moves to upgrade Saudi air defenses
Nov 25, 2019 04:02France has designated Abu Dhabi as the headquarters for a so-called European-led naval coalition in the Persian Gulf, shortly after announcing that it is bolstering Saudi air defenses with new equipment.
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NATO divisions grow ahead of high-level summit
Nov 21, 2019 03:42As usual NATO foreign affairs ministers posed for photographs as they attended their latest meeting here in Brussels but very unusually key players in this 70-year-old alliance are no longer even pretending to show unity.
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Russia, France criticize US for ending Fordow sanctions waiver
Nov 20, 2019 03:44Russia and France have expressed dismay at a recent US decision to cancel a sanctions waiver related to Iran’s Fordow enrichment facility ending a key part of a 2015 multilateral nuclear agreement, which Washington abandoned last year.
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Girl dies, several feared missing in French bridge collapse
Nov 18, 2019 10:57A 15-year-old girl has been killed after a suspension bridge over a river in southwest France collapsed, causing a car, a truck and possibly a third vehicle to plunge into the water, local authorities say.
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Yellow Vests mark one year of protests
Nov 17, 2019 03:50Across France, the Yellow Vest movement celebrated one year of political demonstrations, which were unprecedented in almost too many ways to mention. What appears undeniable is that the Yellow Vests have redeemed France’s claim to possess a political spirit which is revolutionary, egalitarian, and unique.
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Catalan protesters burn tires at border with France as unrest continues
Nov 13, 2019 12:28Traffic on the main highway between Spain and France remained at a standstill on Wednesday morning, as the unrest at the La Jonquera border point near Girona entered its third day.