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Iran Says Nuclear Agreement ‘Closer than Ever’

Iran has just days left to accept a deal on its nuclear program at talks in Vienna, France warned on Wednesday, while Tehran’s chief negotiator promised that an agreement was closer than ever. “It is not a question of weeks, it is a question of days,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 17, 2022

Biden to host call with Nato allies as invasion fears grow – as it happened

US president says threat of Russian invasion ‘very high’, after Ukraine government source says shelling ‘looks like provocation’

The Guardian - AU · Feb 17, 2022

I don’t have to choose between my hijab and going to school, but my sisters aren’t so lucky

As a 14-year-old Australian, I urge you to stand in solidarity with me against policymakers in France and India, where they are oppressing Muslim women

The Guardian - AU · Feb 17, 2022

France poised to announce withdrawal of military forces from Mali

After months of diplomatic crisis the departure will mark an end to a fraught nine-year mission

The Guardian - UK · Feb 16, 2022

French bill 'democratising sport' moved to National Assembly

(This Feb.16 story corrects headline and paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 7 of Feb 16 story to show amendment relating to hijab had been removed before returning to Senate)

Reuters · Feb 16, 2022

France Says Macron and China’s Xi Agreed to Step up Efforts on Iran Nuclear Deal

French President Emmanuel Macron and China's President Xi Jinping both agreed on Wednesday on the need to step up their joint efforts to reach a nuclear deal with Iran, said a statement from Macron's office on Wednesday. The secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council had said earlier on Twitter…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 16, 2022

Shaun Edwards is now doing team meetings in 'fluent' French and people are loving his accent

Shaun Edwards has learned French to communicate with his players in the best possible way

Wales Online · Feb 16, 2022

Decision on Iran Nuclear Deal Days Away, Ball in Tehran’s Court, Says France

France's foreign minister said on Wednesday that a decision on salvaging Iran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers was just days away, but that it was now up to Tehran to make the political choice. Indirect talks between Iran and the United States on reviving the tattered agreement resumed last…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 16, 2022

Barkhane, Takuba, Sabre: French and European military missions in the Sahel

France on Thursday announced the withdrawal of its military mission in Mali, Operation Barkhane, after nine years of battling jihadists in the region. At the request of Malian authorities, France launched an intervention in January 2013 to oust Islamists who had taken over much of the north.

France 24 · Feb 16, 2022

CBD Is Neither Addictive Nor Harmful Rules The Constitutional Council Of France

This article was originally published on Cannabis.net and appears here with permission.

Benzinga · Feb 16, 2022