by WorldTribune Staff, December 28, 2016 Mass casualty terror attacks and high unemployment are driving French millennials toward a conservative party typically labeled ultra-right by the media. Marine Le Pen’s National Front is the political party with the most support among French citizens aged 18-34, according to a report released by polling organization Odoxa on […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty The United States has issued a second license to France’s Airbus to sell more than 100 commercial planes to Iran. Airbus in September received a license to sell 17 planes to Tehran. Officials said that the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control on November […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 23, 2016 American tourists should exercise caution when visiting holiday festivals, events and outdoor markets in France amid a rising terror threat during the holiday season, the U.S. State Department said on Nov. 21. The State Department issued a travel advisory one day after French security services arrested seven members of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 15, 2016 Donald Trump’s pledge to scrap the Iran nuclear deal may lead Europe’s major oil companies to reconsider returning to Iran’s energy sector. With the Trump administration in place, European energy firms looking to develop Iran’s massive oil and gas reserves face the risk that he will snap sanctions back […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 14, 2016 In a move that was snubbed by Britain and France and called a “waste of time” by Hungary, a panicked European Union convened an emergency meeting on Nov. 13 to discuss Donald Trump’s U.S. victory. EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, who called the special summit on the eve […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 13, 2016 Anti-globalism forces are on a roll and leaders of such movements in Europe are looking to ride the wave of momentum created by Donald Trump to a revolutionary new order. Trump’s victory is “the emergence of a new world,” said Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s National Front. “It’s […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 8, 2016 Iran on Nov. 8 signed a $6 billion gas development deal with France’s Total. The deal is the first of its kind between the Islamic Republic and a Western energy firm since the nuclear deal with world powers took effect in January 2016. The deal for development of Phase […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty French President Francois Hollande says there is evidence that Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) militants are fleeing Mosul to Syria, amid a massive operation to oust the extremist group from the northern Iraqi city entered its fourth day. Addressing an international meeting in Paris […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 13, 2016 “Nobody doubts” the fact that France “has a problem with Islam,” French President Francois Hollande told the authors of a new book. In the book, titled “A President Shouldn’t Say This…,” the Socialist president also said there is “too much” unwanted immigration in the country. “I think there are […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 15, 2016 America’s major allies are calling on President Barack Obama not to change U.S. nuclear weapons policy. Japan, South Korea, France and the UK have all signaled their opposition to Obama’s planned “no first use” policy for the United States. Obama’s “last-minute drive for a foreign-policy legacy is making U.S. […]
