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‘Plan B, what plan B?’ Five options to break Brexit deadlock

Advocates of Britain’s divorce from the EU had promised it would restore full sovereignty to the “mother of all parliaments”. The trouble

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Theresa May faces no-confidence vote after Parliament rejects Brexit deal

British Prime Minister Theresa May faced a no-confidence vote Wednesday, a day after Parliament rejected her Brexit deal by a historic

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yesterday

ICC rejects request to extend detention of Ivory Coast ex-leader Gbagbo

International Criminal Court (ICC) judges on Wednesday rejected a prosecution request to extend the custody of former Ivorian leader Laurent...

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yesterday

'At least 30 people abducted' by separatists in Anglophone Cameroon

At least 30 people have been abducted by suspected separatists in a troubled English-speaking region of western Cameroon, local sources said

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Dead as a dodo: Theresa May's deal is 'BREXTINCT'

IN THE PAPERS - Wednesday, January 16: We bring you British and international reactions to Theresa May's resounding Brexit defeat in

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IS group claims deadly suicide attack on US-led coalition patrol in Syria

A blast struck near a U.S.-led coalition patrol in Syria’s northern city of Manbij on Wednesday, and a war monitor said 14 people were

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Anti-Brexit campaigner Jack Dart calls PM's parliament defeat 'good news'

Following the historic rejection of British PM Theresa May’s Brexit deal in the House of Commons, FRANCE 24 speaks to Jack Dart, a 24-year-old...

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Violent protests break out in Zimbabwe after major hike in petrol prices

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Syria Kurds reject proposed 'security zone' under Turkish control

Syria’s Kurds on Wednesday rejected a US proposal for a “security zone” under Turkish control along the Syrian side of the two

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Prosecutors appeal acquittal of ex-Ivory Coast leader Gbagbo

Prosecutors will appeal the International Criminal Court’s shock acquittal of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo over

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Lawyers for Jewish museum attack suspect say their client was 'set up'

Frenchman Mehdi Nemmouche, the main suspect in the deadly 2014 attack on a Brussels Jewish museum, pleaded not guilty on Monday. His lawyers say...

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Weedkiller Roundup banned in France after court ruling

French authorities on Tuesday officially forbid the sale of a form of controversial weed-killer Roundup following a court ruling that

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Trump's attorney general nominee pledges to protect Russia probe

Donald Trump's US attorney general nominee Bill Barr pledged Tuesday to protect the investigation into possible election collusion with Russia

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yesterday

El Chapo 'paid $100 million bribe to former president of Mexico'

A Colombian drug trafficker testified Tuesday that Mexican cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman boasted about paying a $100 million bribe to

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yesterday

'Time almost up': EU leaders react with dismay to UK Brexit vote

European Union leaders expressed dismay and regret on Tuesday after the British parliament rejected a Brexit divorce deal, saying they were...

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Live: Parliament to vote on Theresa May's Brexit deal with EU

The British Parliament will vote Tuesday on a Brexit deal British Prime Minister Theresa May struck with EU leaders, with most observers

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Saudi teen's asylum in Canada seen as win-win for Trudeau

Saudi teen Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, who drew global notice on Twitter last week after fleeing to Thailand, feels ‘reborn’ in Canada.

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Macron sparks new outrage with comments launching 'national debate'

President Emmanuel Macron's hopes to quell the economic anger of Yellow Vest protesters by announcing a national debate ran aground on Tuesday

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Brazil's Bolsonaro signs decree easing gun laws

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday signed a decree that will temporarily make it easier for Brazilians to buy guns, despite fears the...

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Ivory Coast’s Laurent Gbagbo, the strongman who refused to let go

The International Criminal Court on Tuesday acquitted former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo of crimes against humanity, marking the

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Gunfire, blasts reported at upscale hotel complex in Nairobi

Somali Islamist group al Shabaab has claimed responsibility for an attack on an upscale hotel and office complex in the Kenyan capital Nairobi

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Live: Macron launches his 'national debate' with speech in Normandy

French President Emmanuel Macron will try to assuage the anger of Yellow Vest protesters and others as he launches his proposed "national

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Video: A scorpion-farming scam in Iran

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Yellow Vests: Macron to kick-off ‘grand debate’ in Normandy

French President Emmanuel Macron heads to the northern town of Grand Bourgtheroulde in Normandy on Tuesday to launch a three-month national

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ICC to rule on acquitting ex-Ivorian leader Laurent Gbagbo of war crimes

Judges at the International Criminal Court will rule on Tuesday over former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo’s request to be acquitted

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The bumpy road to Brexit: A timeline of Britain’s EU divorce

UK Prime Minister Theresa May faces her moment of reckoning on Tuesday as parliament votes on her proposed Brexit deal after months of

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Gabon president Ali Bongo set to return after two-month absence

President Ali Bongo was expected back in Gabon on Tuesday after a medical absence of more than two months during which security forces foiled

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Kumbh Mela: Millions gather in India for world's largest religious event

The largest religious gathering anywhere on earth gets under way Tuesday, with tens of millions of Hindu pilgrims congregating in India to bathe

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May urges MPs to take 'second look' at Brexit deal but defeat looks likely

British Prime Minister Theresa May urged lawmakers on Monday to take a "second look" at her deal to leave the European Union, a last-ditch effort...

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Ivory Coast awaits ICC verdict on Gbagbo's acquittal

Ivory Coast awaits ICC verdict on

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monday

US, Turkish presidents discuss creating 'security zone' in northern Syria

U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed establishing a "security zone" in northern Syria in a telephone...

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monday

Former leftist militant Cesare Battisti to begin life sentence in Italy

A former leftist militant sought by Rome for four murders in the 1970s arrived in Italy on Monday after being extradited from Bolivia.

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monday

Macron's open letter on a 'grand debate' comes under fire from rivals, yellow vests

French President Emmanuel Macron announced a three-month "grand debate" in an open letter to the French on Sunday, hoping to quell "yellow

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monday

China sentences Canadian citizen to death in drugs case

A Chinese court sentenced a Canadian man to death Monday in a sudden retrial in a drug smuggling case that is likely to escalate tensions between...

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monday

Elite French police on trial in alleged rape of Canadian tourist

Two elite police officers go on trial in Paris on Monday, five years after a Canadian tourist alleged they raped her at the judicial

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monday

Opposition leaders Khalifa Sall and Karim Wade barred from presidential race

Senegal's Constitutional Court on Monday authorised five candidates, including outgoing head of state Macky Sall, to contest presidential

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monday

As thousands of sheep in Algeria are killed by disease, farmers ask, 'Where are the vaccines?'

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Ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn suffers ‘harsh treatment’ in jail, says wife

The wife of ousted Nissan Motor Co Ltd chairman Carlos Ghosn has urged New York-based Human Rights Watch to draw attention to his

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monday

British PM Theresa May makes last-ditch appeal to save Brexit deal

British Prime Minister Theresa May warned lawmakers on Sunday that failing to deliver Brexit would be catastrophic for democracy, in a plea

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monday

Cockpit voice recorder of crashed Lion Air jet found

Navy divers have located the cockpit voice recorder of a Lion Air jet that crashed into the Java Sea in October, Indonesian officials said Monday,...

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monday

Trump warns Turkey faces 'economic devastation' if Kurds attacked

President Donald Trump warned Turkey on Sunday of economic devastation if it attacks Kurdish forces in the wake of the US troop pullout from

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monday

Polish mayor stabbed on stage, in critical condition

A knife-wielding assailant on Sunday stabbed the mayor of the Polish port city of Gdansk in front of hundreds of people at a charity event,

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monday

Macron launches national debate to calm ‘Yellow Vest’ protests

President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday kicked off a three-month national debate he hopes can quell the "yellow vest" unrest with a letter to the...

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