Thursday, 08 October 2020_The Swiss city of Geneva will host the first round of talks aimed at convincing the Azerbaijan Republic and Armenia to agree on a ceasefire to the ongoing war over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, the French foreign minister says.
Monday, 05 October 2020_Racism in France is rising. That's the conclusion of the annual report on "racism, anti semitism and xenophobia", published recently by the French National Commission on Human Rights.
Sunday, 16 August 2020_France has asked the Afghan government not to include Taliban fighters convicted of killing French citizens in a prisoner release deal, the foreign ministry said on Saturday.
Saturday, 15 August 2020_Transport Minister Grant Shapps, during a TV interview, announced that France would be removed from the UK travel corridor, which caused much confusion as he gave the wrong starting date for quarantine measures when returning to Britain from France.
Sunday, 09 August 2020_France will ask that Britain pay over 39 million dollars so that the French government would better police a route used to smuggle asylum-seekers into the United Kingdom, a report says.
Saturday, 18 July 2020_Firemen 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.
Iran has voiced concern over a recent test-firing of an intercontinental nuclear-capable ballistic missile by France, saying the test is in clear violation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and inconsistent with the European country's commitments vis-à-vis nuclear disarmament.
Tehran, 09 June_France has unveiled reforms that include banning the controversial chokehold technique of arrest, amid a string of protests against racism and police brutality.
Tehran, 20 May_The European continent is facing its greatest collective challenge since the second world war and the European Union will now have to fight hard to maintain its image. The Covid-19 pandemic has forced lockdowns across the bloc, threatening already fragile economies. Germany and France are now proposing a 500 billion euro recovery fund to help the states most effected, but will the fiscal hawks allow it?
French President Emmanuel Macron extends the lockdown in his country to contain the coronavirus outbreak until May 11, but gives an assurance to the French nation that "better days" will come.
At least 1,844,410 people are diagnosed with COVID-19 across the globe, and 114,090 others have so far died of the disease, according to the latest data collected by Johns Hopkins University.
Tehran 21 March_Iran has agreed to conditional release of a French national, who was jailed in the country, after Iranian engineer Jalal Rouhollahnejad was freed by France despite frequent requests from Washington for extradition of the Iranian national extradited to the United States over accusations of violating anti-Iran sanctions.
Tehran 30 january_French President Emmanuel Macron has lambasted his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, for sending warships and “mercenaries” to crisis-hit Libya, stressing that Ankara is breaching an agreement reached at a summit in Berlin earlier this month to halt foreign interference in the North African country.
Tehran 23 January_The European Union will respond reciprocally to any further tariffs imposed by the US on the bloc’s products, French and German officials have warned in separate comments.
Tehran 14 January_Iran's foreign minister has urged the three European powers - France, Germany, and the UK - to stop bowing to the US' diktat and rather "muster the courage" to fulfill their obligations under the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran.
TEHRAN, Dec 12_Last Tuesday, December 3, the French parliament adopted a resolution which it claims helps protect Jews from anti-Semitism, but instead adopted a piece of legislation which delegitimizes Palestinian voices and has implemented a categorically racist law against them.
TEHRAN, Dec 9_The presidents of Russia and Ukraine are set to hold their first face-to-face talks in Paris along with leaders of France and Germany as part of renewed four-way efforts to end a deadly conflict in eastern Ukraine.
TEHRAN, Dec 6_A nationwide general strike has hit France for a second day in a row over planned pension reforms by the government, causing chaos across the country.
TEHRAN, Dec 5_Having failed to fulfill their commitments to Iran under a 2015 nuclear deal, the European signatories are now accusing Tehran of possessing “nuclear-capable ballistic missiles,” claiming its latest missile activities are “inconsistent” with a UN resolution that endorsed the accord.