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Saudi Arabia, France to explore investment opportunities at business forum in Paris
Major investment opportunities in the areas of tourism and culture, technology and clean energy are up for discussion when top officials from Saudi Arabia and France meet during a business forum in Paris this week.
The French-Saudi…
French town gathers at playground where young children were attacked
Children, parents and grandparents joined a few thousand well-wishers on Sunday in a park in the French Alps town of Annecy to show solidarity and support for the victims of a playground stabbing attack that left four young children and two…
France’s Macron urges Iran to stop backing Russia in Ukraine
French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday urged his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi to “immediately end” Tehran’s support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which involves supplying Moscow with attack drones, the Elysee said.
Macron…
Macron visits children wounded in knife attack
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said the health of the preschool children badly wounded in a mass knife attack by a Syrian refugee was “heading in the right direction,” as police questioned the attacker.
Four children — aged…
France hails ‘hero with a rucksack’ who intervened in knife attack on very young children
The attacker slashed at the 24-year-old man with the knife that he used to savagely stab one young child after another.
But rather than run, Henri held his ground — using a weighty backpack he was carrying to swing at the assailant and…
Lebanon recalls France envoy after rape accusation: ministry
Lebanon’s foreign ministry said Thursday it was recalling its ambassador to France, Rami Adwan, after an investigation was opened into allegations of rape and intentional violence by the envoy.
Adwan is being investigated in France…
Macron names French ex-minister Lebanon special envoy
French President Emmanuel Macron has named his former foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian as his personal envoy for Lebanon, in a new bid to end the country’s political crisis, the presidency said on Wednesday.
Le Drian will be charged…
France seeks removal of Lebanese ambassador’s immunity after rape accusation
French authorities will on Monday ask Lebanon to lift the immunity of Beirut’s ambassador to Paris after an investigation was opened into alleged rape and intentional violence by the envoy, a source said.
“Steps in this direction will be…
France urges Lebanon to lift immunity of envoy accused of rape, violence
Lebanon’s ambassador to France is being investigated over rape and assault allegations following complaints by two former embassy employees, with French authorities requesting the lifting of his diplomatic immunity.
The Lebanese Foreign…
Top French terrorist and wife handed jail terms
Paris appeals court on Friday handed a 14-year jail term to a high-profile French terrorist convicted of terrorist offenses linked to Syria.
The court upheld the sentence against Kevin Guiavarch handed down by a lower court but was more…