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Putin accuses France of playing tricks with Syria resolution INTERNATIONAL

Putin accuses France of playing tricks with Syria resolution

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday accused France of deliberately luring Moscow into vetoing a United Nations resolution on Syria and suggested it was doing the bidding of the United States.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Putin cancels visit to Paris in Syria row INTERNATIONAL

Putin cancels visit to Paris in Syria row

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday cancelled a visit to France in a furious row over Moscow's role in the Syrian conflict.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Malkovich wins damages from Le Monde over SwissLeaks story INTERNATIONAL

Malkovich wins damages from Le Monde over SwissLeaks story

A French court on Friday ordered Le Monde newspaper to pay damages to US film star John Malkovich over a story falsely claiming he had a hidden Swiss bank account.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Hollande cancels Polish visit after Airbus deal scrapped INTERNATIONAL

Hollande cancels Polish visit after Airbus deal scrapped

France's president on Friday sought to show his anger over a decision by the Polish government to scrap a multi-billion dollar Airbus helicopter deal by cancelling planned bilateral talks scheduled next week in Warsaw.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
French attack threat: 15 year old student charged INTERNATIONAL

French attack threat: 15 year old student charged

A 15-year-old high school student was charged and held Friday on suspicion of wanting to commit a terror attack directed by a notorious Syria-based French jihadist, a judicial source said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
France's last ivory carvers faced with extinction INTERNATIONAL

France's last ivory carvers faced with extinction

Annick Colette-Fremond is the fifth generation of her family to practise the art of ivory carving -- and she may be the last of her line, due to new rules in France.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
First test of driverless minibus in Paris INTERNATIONAL

First test of driverless minibus in Paris

The French capital's transport authority will on Saturday carry out its first test of a driverless minibus, in the hope that regular routes for the hi-tech vehicles will be up and running within two years.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
India signs deal to buy 36 French Rafale fighter jets INTERNATIONAL

India signs deal to buy 36 French Rafale fighter jets

India signed a formal agreement on Friday to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets from France's Dassault for €7.9bn ($8.8bn), one of its biggest defence deals in decades.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
German police arrest Syrian teen on suspicion of IS links ASIA

German police arrest Syrian teen on suspicion of IS links

German police arrested a 16-year-old Syrian at a refugee hostel near Cologne on suspicion of having contact with a supporter of Islamic State abroad and expressing his willingness to carry out a bomb attack, authorities said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
One in 4 French Muslims in 'revolt' against secular laws INTERNATIONAL

One in 4 French Muslims in 'revolt' against secular laws

Around one in four French Muslims, mostly young people, support an ultra-conservative form of Islam, including the wearing of the full-face veil, but the vast majority accept France's strict secular laws ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Flights cancelled over French air traffic control strike INTERNATIONAL

Flights cancelled over French air traffic control strike

European airlines say hundreds of flights were delayed or cancelled on Thursday due to a strike by air traffic controllers in France.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Libya unity govt seeks talks after rival seizes oil ports ASIA

Libya unity govt seeks talks after rival seizes oil ports

The head of Libya's UN-backed unity government called for urgent talks Wednesday after forces loyal to a rival administration seized the main eastern oil ports in defiance of world powers.

4:45 AM November 25 2016