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September 26, 2019 at 2:05 pm

Late French leader Chirac had steely will with a human touch VIEW

PARIS (AP) — Affable but armed with a steely will, Jacques Chirac was a consummate politician who served as Paris mayor, lawmaker, prime minister and...

FILE – In this June 9 2008 file photo, former French President Jacques Chirac reacts during the ceremony to officially launch the “Fondation Chirac” in Paris. Jacques Chirac, a two-term French president who was the first leader to acknowledge France’s role in the Holocaust and defiantly opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, has died at age 86. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File) PAR107 PAR107

September 26, 2019 at 3:19 am

Ex-French President Chirac, who stood up to US, dies at 86 VIEW

PARIS (AP) — Jacques Chirac, a two-term French president who was the first leader to acknowledge France's role in the Holocaust and who defiantly opposed...

September 19, 2019 at 7:48 am

Toppled Tunisian ruler Zine El Abidine Ben Ali dies at 83 VIEW

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, an autocrat who led his small North African country for 23 years before...

September 6, 2019 at 2:13 am

Iran gives new knock to nuclear deal but it’s not yet broken VIEW

PARIS (AP) — President Emmanuel Macron's efforts to stitch together a deal with Iran to stop the 2015 nuclear accord from collapsing was hanging by...

August 29, 2019 at 7:12 am

Top figures in French far-right identity group get prison

PARIS (AP) — A court in southeastern France on Thursday sentenced the president of the far-right anti-migrant group Generation Identity, its spokesman and a third...

August 24, 2019 at 11:32 pm

Paris celebrates its liberation from Nazis, 75 years on VIEW

PARIS (AP) — Paris celebrated the American soldiers, French Resistance fighters and others who liberated the City of Light from Nazi occupation exactly 75 years...

August 23, 2019 at 6:45 am

France opens Epstein-linked rape investigation

PARIS (AP) — France opened an investigation on Friday into the alleged rape of minors and a raft of other charges linked to the Jeffrey...

August 22, 2019 at 6:50 am

Invisible army set stage for liberation of Paris from Nazis VIEW

PARIS (AP) — The Nazis knew everything about the city of Paris that they occupied — almost. They didn't know about the bunker with a...

August 17, 2019 at 11:54 pm

French police suicide rate climbs, French govt is flummoxed

PARIS (AP) — Three riot police officers, a police commander, a police academy teacher — all are among eight French police officers who have killed...

July 23, 2019 at 4:18 am

France stresses need for Iran to respect nuclear accord

PARIS (AP) — French authorities in a meeting Tuesday with an Iranian envoy stressed the need for Tehran to quickly respect the 2015 nuclear accord...