France

The latest news and views about France

Media Wire

Belarus expels French envoy

IFP Media Wire -
France's ambassador to Belarus has left the country upon an order by officials in Minsk, the French embassy in Belarus announced. Paris did not say what was behind the decision.
Media Wire

Report: France ‘stole’ 5mn COVID vaccines from U.K.

IFP Media Wire -
France swiped five million doses of anti-Covid AstraZeneca vaccine destined for the U.K., according to a report. French President Emmanuel Macron is accused of working with EU chiefs to divert large batch of coronavirus vaccines destined for Britain.
Media Wire

Mali summons French envoy over Macron remarks

IFP Media Wire -
Mali’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the French ambassador over the "unfriendly" and “disagreeable” comments by French President Emmanuel Macron. It comes just days after Algeria recalled its ambassador to Paris over French leader’s remarks on the country’s government, as well as a visa row.
Human Rights

Report: 330k children abused in France’s Catholic Church

IFP Media Wire -
An independent inquiry into allegations of sexual abuse within France’s Catholic Church has found that hundreds of thousands of children were victims of the crime in seven decades.
Media Wire

French MPs denounce Bahrain’s human rights abuses

IFP Media Wire -
French lawmakers have raised concern over violation of human rights, including arbitrary detention of dissent, repression of free speech and torture in Bahrain.
Europe

Report: Thousands of pedophile priests in French Catholic Church

IFP Media Wire -
A soon-to-be-released report says thousands of pedophile priests or other members of the church have operated inside the French Catholic Church since 1950s.
Media Wire

France’s Sarkozy sentenced to one year jail term

IFP Media Wire -
A court in Paris found former French President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty for breaking election rules. The court has handed the ex-leader one year in prison, with the judge saying Sarkozy could serve the sentence at home with an electronic tag.
Europe

France signs military contract with Greece after losing sub deal

IFP Media Wire -
France has inked a major military deal with Greece after the recent diplomatic tension with the U.S. and Australia due to the cancelling of a submarine deal between Canberra and Paris. France had described it as a stab in the back.
Media Wire

Macron hit by egg at Lyon’s trade fair

IFP Media Wire -
French President Emmanuel Macron was targeted by an egg thrown on Monday during a visit to a trade fair in the southern city of Lyon. Macron has faced harsh criticism over handling the Covid pandemic and his economic policies in recent months.
Media Wire

Mikdad says US must end illegal presence in Syria

IFP Media Wire -
Syrian Foreign and Expatriates Minister Faisal Mikdad warned the United States to pull out its forces from the Arab country before facing similar Afghanistan fate.
Media Wire

Mali says France did ‘abandonment’ over troop drawdown

IFP Media Wire -
Mali was blindsided by France’s decision to withdraw its troops from the country and had to enlist help from others to fill the gap, Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga says.
Media Wire

UK PM bidding to ease tension with France over AUKUS

IFP Media Wire -
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has told French President Emmanuel Macron he wants to “re-establish cooperation” between the two, in the wake of the AUKUS pact row.
Media Wire

France to return envoy to US after Macron-Biden call

IFP Media Wire -
The French ambassador to the US, recalled recently over a security pact, will return to Washington next week, French President Emmanuel Macron has announced after a phone call with his US counterpart Joe Biden.
Media Wire

France: US instigating confrontation with China

IFP Media Wire -
French Defence Minister Florence Parly accused the United States of attempting to instigate confrontation with China, amid the growing tension over a security deal between Canberra and Washington.
Media Wire

France warns UK about pushing back migrant boats

IFP Media Wire -
France warned the Channel could become a “theatre of human tragedies” as it vowed to block UK’s controversial plan to “push back” migrant boats, sparking a major diplomatic row between Paris and London.
IFP Exclusive

Rouhani Scolds Macron, Praises Muslim World for Its Decisive Reaction

IFP Editorial Staff -
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has lashed out at French President Emmanuel Macron for his anti-Islam stances, and praised the Muslim world for its “decisive and timely” reaction to the European leader’s insult.
IFP Exclusive

France, Czech Pulling Out Forces from Iraq: Reports

IFP Editorial Staff -
The French and Czech armed forces in Iraq are reportedly withdrawing from the country having spent five years in the Arab country.
IFP Exclusive

Former French President Jacques Chirac Dies at 86

IFP Editorial Staff -
Former French President Jacques Chirac, whose later years were blighted by corruption scandals, has passed away at the age of 86.
IFP Exclusive

Over 1,700 Yellow Vest Protesters Arrested in France

IFP Editorial Staff -
At least 1,700 protesters have been arrested in the latest round of nationwide “Yellow Vest” rallies across France, where angry demonstrators took to the streets for the fourth consecutive week to express their outrage against President Emmanuel Macron’s economic policies.
IFP Exclusive

Yellow Vest Protests Force Macron to Suspend Fuel Tax Hikes

IFP Editorial Staff -
After several weeks of violent protests across France, particularly those in Paris which turned the capital into a battle zone, President Emmanuel Macron finally buckled and announced his government will suspend a controversial fuel duty rise.
IFP Exclusive

Paris Turns into Gaza as Protesters Clash with Riot Police (+Video)

IFP Editorial Staff -
The Champs-Élysées Avenue in Paris seemed more like the Gaza Strip on Saturday as French protesters with “yellow vests” threw stones at riot police forces, who used tear gas to disperse the demonstrators outraged by fuel price hikes and President Emmanuel Macron’s policies.
IFP Exclusive

US, France Call for Immediate End to Yemen War

IFP Editorial Staff -
The US secretaries of state and defence as well as the French defence minister have called for an immediate cessation of the devastating war in Yemen, which was launched by Saudi Arabia and its allies since 2015.
IFP Exclusive

“Macron More Interested than Iran in Keeping Trump in JCPOA”

IFP Editorial Staff -
A senior political analyst says French President Emmanuel Macron’s interest in keeping the US president in the Iran nuclear deal is even more than that of the Islamic Republic.
IFP Exclusive

5 Dead after Two Army Choppers Crash in France

IFP Editorial Staff -
Five people have reportedly lost their lives after two army helicopters crashed near a lake in southeastern France.
IFP Coverage

France Urges Saudi Arabia to Stop Funding Terrorist Groups

IFP Editorial Staff -
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday he will give Saudi Arabia a list of extremist organizations and ask them to cut their funding for the groups.
1234Page 3 of 4

Latest news

© All Content by IFP News ( Iran Front Page ) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

About Us

Popular Articles

Editor Picks