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Ulster demise gives Saracens lifeline

Paris - Muslimchronicle

Holders Saracens are through to the European Champions Cup quarter-finals after Wasps thrashed Ulster 26-7 on Sunday. Munster and French pair La Rochelle and Racing 92 also progressed with wins against Castres, Harlequins and Leicester respectively. Ulster came into the weekend as one of three Irish sides topping their groups but their crushing defeat at free-scoring Wasps meant they droppedRead more

Macron says French vision for EU needs German backing

Paris - Muslimchronicle

French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that his ambitious plans to reform the European Union need German backing, as Chancellor Angela Merkel gears up for a crucial vote on forming a new governing coalition. "Our ambition cannot come to fruition alone," Macron told a joint press conference with Merkel in Paris ahead of talks. "It needs to dovetail with Germany'sRead more

Netanyahu urges Macron to 'fix' Iran nuclear deal

Paris - Muslimchronicle

French President Emmanuel Macron Saturday called for the "necessary respect" of Iran's nuclear deal with world powers, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the French leader to change the landmark accord. A statement from the Elysee said Macron "remembers the importance of preserving the Iran nuclear deal and the necessary respect by all parties of their engagements regarding the accord".Read more

Case dropped against Lebanese-Canadian held over 1980 Paris bombing

Paris - Muslimchronicle

A Lebanese-Canadian academic accused over the deadly 1980 bombing of a Paris synagogue is to be freed from custody after the case was dismissed for lack of evidence, legal sources said Friday. In a decision seen by AFP the French magistrates leading the investigation said the evidence against Hassan Diab, who was extradited from Canada in 2014, was "not convincingRead more

French Culture Minister arrives in Beirut

Beirut - Muslimchronicle

French Culture Minister Francoises Nyssen arrived in Beirut this evening, coming from Paris, on a two-day visit to Lebanon, where she will meet with President Michel Aoun, Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Culture Minister Ghattas Khoury. Minister Nyssen will inaugurate the 24th Francophone Book Fair, which will be held in Beirut on Nov 4 until 12. The visit also includes the announcement ofRead more

French Ambassador visits Dar Al Fatwa

Beirut - Muslimchronicle

French President, Bruno Foucher, on Friday visited Dar Al-Fatwa for a meeting with Mufti of the Lebanese Republic, Sheikh Abdul Latif Derian. It is to note the French diplomat left without giving any statement on emerging Source: NNARead more

French beef producers cheer chance for return to China

Beijing - Muslimchronicle

French beef producers on Tuesday hailed a deal reached by President Emmanuel Macron and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to end China's 2001 embargo on French beef. The accord, which would allow French producers back into the huge Chinese market within six months, came as Macron made a three-day visit to the country, his first destination in Asia as France's leader. The banRead more

'Be careful!' Erdogan warns French reporter

Paris - Muslimchronicle

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday lashed out at a French reporter who asked him about claims that Ankara sent arms to Syria. Erdogan told the journalist he was talking like a member of an outlawed group blamed for last year's failed coup in Turkey. At a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron after their talks in Paris, the reporter askedRead more

Macron to Erdogan: 'Democracies must fully respect rule of law'

Paris - Muslimchronicle

French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that democratic nations must respect the "rule of law," referring to the jailing of several journalists in Turkey. "Democracies must fully respect the rule of law," Macron said after talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, adding that the two men had discussed a list of individual cases of jailed journalists during their talks.Read more

Clashes in Equatorial Guinea as government

Malabo - Muslimchronicle

Clashes were reported in Equatorial Guinea near the border with Cameroon on Wednesday, shortly after the West African state said it had thwarted a coup against President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, Africa's longest-serving leader. Government troops had shot dead a "mercenary" and "used gunfire to disperse them in the forests along the border", state television TVGE said, without specifying how many "mercenaries"Read more