Tag: France

Makeupgate: Macron known to have spent 26,000 Euros on makeup stylists

PARIS: Social media commentators and political opponents of Emmanuel Macron tore into the French president on Friday after it emerged that he spent 26,000...

France’s Fillon fights for survival as party leaders meet

  PARIS: Francois Fillon was fighting to keep his embattled French presidential bid alive on Monday as former president Nicolas Sarkozy piled pressure on him...

Injuries feared after explosion at French Nuclear Power Plant

An explosion occurred at the Flamanville Nucear Power Plant in north-western France, possibly injuring several people in the blast. The facility has two pressurised water...

30 years ago: Trump wanted to ally with Russia against Pakistan,...

Donald Trump once proposed allying with Russia against France and Pakistan. In an interview with journalist Ron Rosenbaum in 1987, Trump said instead of competing...

Pakistan made impressive economic gains in three years, says French minister

  French Minister for Finance, Economy and Industry, Michel Sapin has said Pakistan has made impressive economic gains in the last three years characterised by macroeconomic stability,...

France provides 250,000 euros for scholarships to underprivileged students

Ambassador of France to Pakistan HE Martine Dorance and Higher Education Commission (HEC) Chairman Dr Mukhtar Ahmed signed a grant agreement of 250 000...

France plans security measures to reassure Asian tourists

France plans to bring in more police units and surveillance cameras to reassure Asian tourists put off by robberies and militant attacks and avoid...

Veiled Muslim mothers prevented from entering French school

Two Muslim mothers wearing headscarves were accosted and prevented from entering a nursery school on the French island of Corsica on Monday by two...

France seeks new chapter in Muslim relations

France’s government sought Monday to open a new chapter in relations with the country’s Muslims following a summer scarred by militant attacks and a...

Germany, France, Poland call for closer ties post-Brexit

The German, French and Polish foreign ministers vowed Sunday to increase ties between their countries when Britain leaves the EU to secure a safer...

French street artist making splash with ‘oil exploration’

French street artist Zevs is bringing his signature style indoors with an exhibition playing on the dominance of oil, which opens Friday in London. The...

French militant attacks church while under house arrest on terror charges

A French militant who was under house arrest on terror charges took part in a church attack in which a priest was killed Tuesday,...

Two attackers ‘neutralised’, priest killed in France church attack

French police "neutralised" two men armed with blades who had taken several people hostage and killed the priest in a church in northern France...

France makes Davis cup semis by beating Czech Republic 3-1  

  Jo-Wilfried Tsonga overcame an early scare to win the opening reverse singles Sunday to give France a 3-1 victory over the Czech Republic in...

Five children still critical after France truck attack

Five children and 21 adults were still fighting for their lives in hospital on Saturday after the Nice truck attack, the French health ministry...

France truck attacker ‘formally identified’

The driver of the truck that smashed into a crowd watching fireworks in the French Riviera city of Nice, killing at least 84, has...

At least 84 die in France truck attack

A truck smashed into a crowd in the French resort of Nice, killing at least 84 people in what President Francois Hollande on Friday...