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Benin heads to polls after failed coup shakes political landscape

France, Jan. 10 -- About 8 million registered voters are expected to choose 109 MPs along with their local representatives, the election commission said. This double election precedes a third: the pr... Read More


Syrian army says swept Aleppo district after clashes with Kurdish fighters

France, Jan. 10 -- Government forces began striking the Sheikh Maqsud district overnight after the Kurdish fighters defied a deadline to withdraw during a temporary ceasefire. In the morning, the arm... Read More


New rallies in Iran as son of shah calls for city centres to be seized

France, Jan. 10 -- The two weeks of protests have posed one of the biggest challenges to the theocratic authorities who have ruled Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution, although supreme leader Ayato... Read More


US immigration agent's fatal shooting of woman leaves Minneapolis in shock

France, Jan. 9 -- In 2020, George Floyd was killed by a police officer in the same neighborhood, sparking a wave of Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests here and across the country, as the United States ... Read More


South Africa's joint drills a show of influence in the Indian Ocean

France, Jan. 9 -- The Mosi-3 exercise will run for a week off the coast of Cape Town, under Chinese leadership, with South Africa acting as host. In a statement, the South African Navy said the manoe... Read More


Switzerland 'devastated' by lives lost in Crans-Montana New Year bar fire

France, Jan. 9 -- "Our country is devastated by this tragedy. We honour the memory of those who were lost, and we stand beside those now facing a long journey of recovery," he said at the ceremony in ... Read More


Trump's exit from climate bodies an act of 'profound cowardice'

France, Jan. 9 -- On Wednesday, PresidentDonald Trump ordered the withdrawal of the US from 66 international organisations- roughly half of them linked to the UN. Masson-Delmotte, former chair of Wor... Read More


French weather service under fire after winter forecasts miss the mark

France, Jan. 9 -- Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot said that heavy snowfall in northern France on Monday had been "slightly underestimated" by Meteo-France. Similar concerns have been raised befor... Read More


EU countries green-light Mercosur trade deal despite France's opposition

France, Jan. 9 -- Aqualified majority of member states - at least 15 countries representing 65 percent of the EU's population - backed the deal at a meeting in Brussels on Friday. France, Ireland, Au... Read More


Violent Storm Goretti brings wind, snow and disruption to Europe

France, Jan. 9 -- Some 380,000 households were left without electricity on Friday, grid operator Enedis said, as the storm swept across the north of the country. Most outages were reported in Normand... Read More