Four people suspected of helping recruit jihadists to fight in Syria were arrested in the Paris region and the south of France on Monday morning, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve has told Europe 1 radio.
Tehran, YJC. Head of National Security Committee says while Iran is extremely cooperative with the IAEA, it will not forget France’s unfriendly approach.
French nuclear power group Areva said on Tuesday it was part of a consortium retained for a major contract in Britain to handle radioactive metallic waste.
Tehran, YJC. Exit polls from the first round of France’s local elections show that the far-right National Front (FN) party has made historic gains, highlighting popular discontent with President François Hollande and his left-wing allies.
Barack Obama praised France's unpopular President Francois Hollande as a leader of courage Tuesday, and wined and dined his solo guest at a lavish state dinner.
There are no plans to send Western troops to southern Libya where Islamist fighters have established bases, France said Monday, after Niger urged such a mission.
Tehran, YJC. As Iran starts discussing oil business with France and Germany, an American delegation from the oil section is going to visit the country in one month.
Tehran, YJC. French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici has brushed off criticism by US officials regarding a French business delegation's visit to Iran.
Deputy Foreign Minister in Europe and American Affairs, in a meeting with former French foreign
minister said Iran presented its honesty in Geneva talks and in the implementation of the agreement and has nothing to hide.
A Jewish family has called for protests against controversial French comedian Dieudonne over his vitriolic brand of humour targeting Jews, as a government minister said he must pay fines accrued for racist abuse.
Tehran, YJC. Blood transfusion official says the country’s Health Ministry has not acted properly in demanding reparation for patients suffering infected blood from France.
The U.N. Security Council is set to authorize increased military action by France and African troops to try to end near-anarchy in the Central African Republic, which has seen an upsurge in Muslim-Christian violence along with widespread killings, torture and rapes.
Complicating the situation and heightening the drama was the French decision to go public with their reservations, a move sharply at variance with the discipline other governments have showed in keeping the talks confidential, Robert Einhorn Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Initiative in Brooking says in an article.