Tag Archives: France

 Campuses have recently exploded worldwide in protests by pro-Palestinian students and faculty members against the Israeli regime’s war on Gaza, in which over 34,700 people have been martyred. At least 34,789 Palestinians have been killed and 78,204 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, its Health Ministry says. Israel has …

 Hossein Amir-Abdollahian held separate meetings in New York with counterparts from Algeria and France on Tuesday. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, who is in New York to continue consultations on the current situation in Gaza and to participate in the United Nations Security Council …

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has warned an unbearable human tragedy is unfolding across Gaza.  In a statement released on Monday, the ICRC said Israeli strikes targeting heavily populated urban areas including around hospitals endanger the lives of the most vulnerable people. The ICRC is gravely concerned …

 Eight years after the adoption of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran released a statement on the termination of certain provisions of the UNSCR 2231, including restrictions on the country’s ballistic missile technologies. The JCPOA is an agreement reached in 2015 between …

 After Mali, Burkina Faso and the Central African Republic, France is being forced to withdraw troops from yet another former African colony that pivoted to Russia after souring on Paris: Niger. France will pull its soldiers out of Niger following a July coup in the West African country, President Emmanuel …

 Niger’s military leaders accused France of breaching a ban on the country’s air space, a charge that came on the eve of a West African summit following a coup two weeks earlier, media reported on Wednesday. A French military aircraft “deliberately cut off all contact with air traffic control on …

 Iran defeated France 89-79 at the 2022 International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) World Championships on Thursday. The Iranian wheelchair basketballers had already lost to Britain 90-59 and 2020 Paralympics champion U.S. 82-74 in Group D and defeated Iraq 83-41. Iran advanced to the competition’s quarterfinals. The 2022 IWBF World Championships …

 SAS and other British special forces have been involved in covert operations in 19 countries in the past dozen years, including in Nigeria, the Philippines and Russia, as well as in Syria, Ukraine and most recently Sudan, a study published by the Guardian reveals. The elite military units operate in …

Historic strikes by nurses in the UK’s NHS over pay and working conditions mirror the struggle of many health workers in other European countries. Nurses in England staged their biggest strike so far on Monday, with the walkout affecting intensive care, emergency rooms and cancer wards for the first time …

 Protesters clashed with security forces across France on Monday as more than one million people took to the streets for labor day to vent their anger against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform. Unions had been hoping for a vast turnout across France for the May 1 protests to further rattle …