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Powers to boost Lebanese military, economyFrance is preparing to seal a multi-billion-dollar plan to help modernise Lebanon's armed forces as part of international efforts to stabilise a country hard hit by spillover from Syria's civil war next door. At a meeting More… |
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US warns France against doing business with IranThe United States has warned France that French companies - which sent executives to Tehran this week - will be punished if they violate US sanctions with Iran, US Secretary of State John Kerry said. Separately, another US officia More… |
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DHA, University of Montpellier offer diploma coursesDubai Health Authority (DHA) and University of Montpellier in France have announced a collaboration to provide post-graduate diploma courses in anesthesia in Dubai. University of Montpellier is the oldest faculty of medicine More… |
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Top French firms back Saudi nuclear programmeFrance-based Areva, an industrial conglomerate, and utility giant EDF have signed two sets of agreements with Saudi firms and universities aimed at supporting the kingdom’s nuclear energy programme. The two companies have si More… |
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Storm batters southern France, flights cancelledPowerful winds and torrential rain swept southern France on Wednesday, grounding flights and cutting off power to tens of thousands of homes. About 120,000 homes across the country were without electricity on Christmas Day due to More… |
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Storm wreaks havoc in UK, France ahead of ChristmasDisrupted transport networks and power cuts wreaked havoc in Britain and France on Tuesday, one of the busiest travel and shopping days of the year just before Christmas, after hurricane-force winds and torrential rain lashed the region. More… |
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France to maintain headscarf banFrance decided on Monday to maintain a ban on Muslim headscarves for volunteer school monitors despite a warning that it overstepped the law requiring religious neutrality in the public service. The Council of State, which advises More… |
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Arafat didn't die of poisoning, says French reportYasser Arafat was not the victim of poisoning, French forensic scientists concluded on Tuesday, countering a Swiss report on the 2004 death of the Palestinian leader that found he was probably killed with radioactive polonium. The More… |
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France, Germany behind Qatar choice: BlatterFrance and Germany should be held to account over the treatment of migrant workers in Qatar because they exerted political pressure to award the 2022 World Cup to the Gulf state, said FIFA president Sepp Blatter. Blatter said fina More… |
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Top French courier files for bankruptcyFrance's second largest courier company filed for bankruptcy protection yesterday due to financial troubles in a move unions say could cost up to 7,000 jobs in the sector, adding to unemployment woes facing President Francois Hollande. More… |
