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France cut welfare benefits for 290 jihadists last year
World
March 18, 2015
France cut welfare benefits for 290 jihadists last year
France’s interior minister on Tuesday said that the government cut welfare benefits last year for 290 persons identified as jihadists. Bernard…
French experts conclude Arafat did not die of poisoning
World
March 17, 2015
French experts conclude Arafat did not die of poisoning
French experts reexamining evidence have confirmed their earlier conclusion that the 2004 death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was not…
Israeli report: Egypt’s shift away from the US not in Israel’s interest
Egypt
March 15, 2015
Israeli report: Egypt’s shift away from the US not in Israel’s interest
Egypt shifting away from its longtime alliance with the United States towards military cooperation with France and Russia since the…
Kosher supermarket reopens 2 months after Paris attacks
World
March 15, 2015
Kosher supermarket reopens 2 months after Paris attacks
The Paris kosher supermarket where four hostages were killed in January by an Islamist gunman reopened on Sunday morning to…
French classmates ‘recognize’ boy killer in IS group video
World
March 14, 2015
French classmates ‘recognize’ boy killer in IS group video
French middle-school students in Toulouse have said they recognize the boy who appears to execute an Arab Israeli man in…
France wins battle of Waterloo, as coin is tossed
Archaeology
March 12, 2015
France wins battle of Waterloo, as coin is tossed
Two hundred years after Napoleon's ambitions to rule Europe died at Waterloo, France won a small battle on Wednesday to…
Le Figaro: Egypt to receive 3 Rafale jets in summer
Egypt
March 12, 2015
Le Figaro: Egypt to receive 3 Rafale jets in summer
The French daily newspaper Le Figaro reported that Egypt will receive the first three Rafale jet fighters from France this…
Annual Festival of Lights electrifies French city of Lyon
Life & Style
March 9, 2015
Annual Festival of Lights electrifies French city of Lyon
Lyon celebrated its annual Fête des Lumières (Festival of Lights), a four-day period when public buildings, town squares and city…
Kerry: France, US agree Iran nuclear deal needs to be stronger
World
March 7, 2015
Kerry: France, US agree Iran nuclear deal needs to be stronger
The United States and France are "on the same page" that the nuclear deal under discussion with Iran needs to…
France: Iran nuclear commitments do not go far enough
World
March 6, 2015
France: Iran nuclear commitments do not go far enough
Commitments offered by Iran in talks with six world powers on its nuclear programme do not go far enough and more work…