Yearly Archives: 2018

Macron and Netanyahu meet in Paris over Iran

French President Emmanuel Macron meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday on the second leg of his European trip amid deep differences over how to contain Iran’s ambitions in the Middle East.

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Turkey’s currency likely to become election issue

Turkey’s currency has witnessed wild gyrations in the last week or so. At one point, Dorian Jones reports, the lira reached low for the year, falling 5% in one day as financial markets got scared following President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s attack on international investors. But there could also be electoral implicaitons too.

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Iraqi court sentences Frenchwoman to life for IS links

Frenchwoman Mélina Boughedir has been sentenced to life in prison by a Baghdad court for membership of the Islamic State (IS) armed group. Her lawyers have accused a French minister of interfering in her trial.

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