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French military frees hostages in Burkina Faso, two commandos killed

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PARIS French commandos rescued four foreign hostages including two French citizens from a militant group in Burkina Faso, France's military said on Friday, adding that two of the elite soldiers were killed in the night-time operation.

French prosecutor opens investigation over suspected Monsanto file

PARIS The French prosecutor on Friday said it had opened a preliminary investigation into a suspected file assembled by Bayer's seed maker Monsanto to influence various personalities in France.

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Facebook's Zuckerberg hails French hate speech plan as EU model

PARIS Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg hailed France's efforts to regulate hateful content online as a model for the European Union after meeting President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Friday. | Video

World, Tech, Facebook, 3:06pm EDT

Facebook's Zuckerberg hails French hate speech plan as EU model

PARIS Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg hailed on Friday France's efforts to regulate hateful content online as a model for the European Union after meeting French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris.

World, Tech, Facebook 3:06pm EDT

Rights groups try to block Saudi vessel loading French arms

LE HAVRE, France Two French human rights group on Thursday sought to block the loading of weapons onto a Saudi Arabian vessel that is due to dock in northern France later in the day, the groups said, arguing the cargo contravened an international arms treaty.

World, Saudi Arabia May 09 2019

EU rejects any ultimatums after Iran's move on nuclear deal

BERLIN The European Union and the foreign ministers of Germany, France and Britain on Thursday said they were still committed to the Iran nuclear deal but would not accept ultimatums after Iran announced it was scaling back curbs to its nuclear program.

World, Germany May 09 2019

France calls Iran to respect nuclear deal, warns of escalation

PARIS France called on Iran on Wednesday to respect all its commitments after Tehran announced it was relaxing some curbs to its nuclear program, and warned against any action that would lead to an escalation.

World, May 08 2019

France seeks Libya ceasefire, migrant center struck

TRIPOLI/PARIS France's President Emmanuel Macron called on Wednesday for a ceasefire in the month-long battle for Libya's capital Tripoli after fighting hit a migrant detention center overnight.

World, Libya, May 08 2019

France wants to keep Iran nuclear deal alive, warns Tehran over negative actions

PARIS France said on Wednesday it wanted to keep the Iran 2015 nuclear deal alive, but warned Tehran that if it were to not keep to its commitments then the question of triggering a mechanism that could lead to sanctions would be on the table.

World, Davos, May 08 2019

Three suspects in U.N. experts' killing escape jail in Congo

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo Three suspects in the killing of two U.N. investigators in Democratic Republic of Congo escaped from prison overnight, a defense lawyer in the case said on Tuesday.