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France delivers first Rafale fighter jets to India
Oct 09, 2019 01:50India has received the first batch of three dozen Rafale fighter jets purchased from France in a multi-billion-dollar deal in 2016, amid heightened military tensions with neighboring Pakistan over the disputed Kashmir.
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Climate activists, Yellow Vests join forces at Paris mall protest
Oct 05, 2019 13:54Activists from climate protection group Extinction Rebellion have joined "yellow vest" protesters to protest climate inaction and capitalism inside a Paris mall.
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Four police officers killed in Paris stabbing, attacker shot dead
Oct 03, 2019 10:53A man wielding a knife has stabbed and killed four officers at the police headquarters in the heart of central Paris, before being shot dead.
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World leaders call for negotiations between Iran, United States
Sep 25, 2019 03:36French President Emmanuel Macron says Iran, the United States, the remaining parties to the landmark 2015 Iran nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), as well as Persian Gulf states should engage in talks, demanding preservation of the nuclear agreement.
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Iran’s Rouhani: Macron’s efforts can be fruitful only if US bans lifted
Sep 24, 2019 14:17President Hassan Rouhani says efforts by his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron to de-escalate Washington-Tehran tensions and save a 2015 nuclear deal will bear fruit only if the sanctions imposed by the United States against Iran are lifted.
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Trump threatens to tighten US sanctions against Iran
Sep 24, 2019 13:28US President Donald Trump has threatened to tighten sanctions against Iran during his third address to the United Nations, accusing the Islamic Republic of “menacing behavior” in West Asia.
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Iranian, French presidents discuss de-escalation of West Asia tensions in New York
Sep 24, 2019 02:42President Hassan Rouhani of Iran and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron have held talks in New York on ways to ease regional tensions and save the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
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France says will focus on de-escalation of Iran-US tension at UNGA
Sep 23, 2019 03:35France says its main aim at the UN General Assembly meeting is to de-escalate tensions between Iran and the US, rather than arranging a meeting between the two countries' presidents.
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Germany, France removing obstacles to export jointly-manufactured weapons
Sep 21, 2019 11:50France and Germany say they are expected to sign an agreement on removing obstacles on exporting jointly-manufactured weapons to non-European and non-NATO countries.
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France deploys thousands of police officers to counter yellow vest rallies in Paris
Sep 21, 2019 02:18The French government has deployed thousands of police officers Paris to counter fresh yellow vest demonstrations, which are planned to be held alongside global climate rallies in the capital on Saturday.