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France launches nationwide petrol station inspections as fuel prices jump

France, March 9 -- French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu announced on Sunday that the government would conduct "an exceptional plan of 500 inspections" at petrol stations across the country between ... Read More


Conflict spreads across the Middle East as Iran names new supreme leader

France, March 9 -- Nine days after US-Israeli strikes killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and pushed the Middle East into a widening war, Iranian clerics selected only the third supreme leader since the 197... Read More


Trial opens at Paris court over 2014 fatal crash of Air Algerie flight in Mali

France, March 9 -- The hearings, set to run until 2 April, follow French judges' rejection of a second attempt to refer preliminary questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJUE), the ... Read More


Iran says can fight for months as Israel strikes Beirut hotel

France, March 8 -- As the conflict spilled into its second week, the regional repercussions spiralled, with Saudi Arabia intercepting a wave of drones headed for targets including the diplomatic quart... Read More


Fiji fears crisis as WHO warns it has world's fastest growing HIV epidemic

France, March 8 -- After recording more than 1,000 new infections in 2024, in a population of 900,000, authorities in Fiji announced the launch of an HIV epidemic response plan and the implementa... Read More


Women take the wheel as rickshaw drivers in northern Nigeria

France, March 8 -- As more women are having to fend for themselves amid economic hardship, they are increasingly venturing into trades previously dominated by men. Khalid's pink three-wheeled electri... Read More


Between Tehran's agents and opposition exiles, France caught in Iran's shadow war

France, March 7 -- Calamel is co-author of the 2025 report "Infiltration into France of the Islamic Republic of Iran: Spies, Agents of Influence, Thugs - The Mechanics of Chaos", commissione... Read More


France's local elections promise a preview of 2027 presidential poll

France, March 7 -- Campaigning is officially underway for France's municipal elections, which decide who heads local councils in some 35,000 communes across the country. While turnout is typically so... Read More


US starts using UK bases for 'defensive' Iran operations

France, March 7 -- Britain's defence ministry said the US had begun using the military sites for "specific defensive operations to prevent Iran firing missiles into the region". UK Prime Minister Kei... Read More


From war memorial to political fault line, the Paris Grand Mosque turns 100

France, March 7 -- The Grand Mosque's minaret rises 33 metres above the Latin Quarter on the Left Bank of the French capital. Behind the heavy wooden doors of its green and white Arabo-Andalusian... Read More