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Army Chief Joseph Aoun elected Lebanon’s President

Macron to head to Lebanon after election of new president

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday welcomed the "crucial election" by Lebanese lawmakers of army chief Joseph Aoun as president and said he would soon visit the country. "Congratulations to President Joseph Aoun on this crucial election,

The Washington Post · 22h

Lebanon's parliament elects army commander Joseph Aoun as president, ending a 2-year deadlock

Lebanon’s parliament has voted to elect army commander Joseph Aoun as the head of state, filling a more than two-year-long presidential vacuum

Reuters on MSN · 11h

Lebanon's army chief elected president, showing weakened Hezbollah

Lebanon's parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday, filling the vacant presidency with a general who has U.S. support and showing the weakened sway of the Iran-backed Hezbollah group after its devastating war with Israel.

Former French President Sarkozy denounces 'plot'

The Associated Press on MSN · 3d

France’s former President Sarkozy stands trial over alleged campaign funding by Libya’s Gadhafi

A trial has opened of France’s former President Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants over alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by the government of then-Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.

Newsweek on MSN · 3d

France's Sarkozy Goes on Trial Over Alleged Gadhafi Campaign Funding

Nicolas Sarkozy, the former president of France, heads to trial to face charges linked to allegations that his presidential campaign received illegal financing.

The Washington Post · 13h

Former French President Sarkozy denounces 'plot' at trial over alleged campaign funding by Libya

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has vigorously denounced a “plot” he said was staged by “liars and crooks” on Thursday at a Paris trial over the alleged illegal financing of his 2007 president

Toxic Legacy of Jean-Marie Le Pen

The New York Times · 1d

In Death, Jean-Marie Le Pen of France Is Embraced by Far-Right Party He Once Led

For years, the far-right National Rally tried to distance itself from Mr. Le Pen’s racist and antisemitic remarks. But after his death Tuesday, it hailed him as a visionary.

Associated Press · 1d

Protesters respond to calls from far-left groups to celebrate death of Jean-Marie Le Pen in Paris

Demonstrators were seen setting off fireworks and chanting slogans in Republic Square on Tuesday. Earlier that day, Le Pen, the founder of the National Front party, died at the age of 96.

Sun Sentinel · 9h

Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right leader who was convicted of Holocaust denial, dies at 96

Jean-Marie Le Pen espoused racist and antisemitic rhetoric that landed him in legal trouble in France, where Holocaust denial is illegal.

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Iran's nuclear program is nearing 'the point of no return,' France's Macron says

French President Emmanuel Macron is warning that Iran's nuclear program is approaching the "point of no return," calling it a ...

A look at the legal cases filed against France's former President Sarkozy

France’s former President Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial over allegations he received millions from Libya for his 2007 ...

French president leads solemn tribute at site of Charlie Hebdo attack 10 years on

President Emmanuel Macron and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo led a solemn tribute at the site of the attack, where 12 people, ...

African Leaders Push Back at Macron’s Remarks They Owe Their Sovereignty to France

African officials pushed back after French President Emmanuel Macron said that some of their nations owed their sovereignty ...

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Jewish homes and businesses defaced with antisemitic graffiti in France

At least 10 Jewish homes and businesses around Paris and a synagogue in the northern French city of Rouen have been defaced, ...

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Embattled former president of France in court again

The trial, the culmination of a 10-year anti-corruption probe, also involves Claude Gueant, Sarkozy's former secretary-general and interior minister, Brice Hortefeux, another former interior minister, ...

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France pushes back on Trump using military pressure to take Greenland, says it's now 'survival of the fittest'

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot on Wednesday said the European Union will not permit President-elect Trump to attempt to take Greenland by military force.

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A different kind of President: How will history remember Jimmy Carter?

More than the final sendoff for long-gone one-term president?With Jimmy Carter’s passing, Washington marking two legacies, that of a peanut farmer-turned-governor of a southern state whose rise to ...

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