Tag: France

Obama: ‘France Will Join in Strikes Against ISIL Targets in Iraq’

Daniel Halper · September 18, 2014 10:54 pm

French President Francois Hollande delivers his speech during a press conference at the Elysee Palace, Thursday, Sept.18, 2014. Hollande gives wide-ranging news conference, as he comes under criticism from all sides over his handling of the economy, his government and his private life. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

National Security

France to carry out airstrikes in Iraq

Greg Keller · September 18, 2014 7:34 pm

The White House applauded France's decision to allow its fighter jets to strike targets against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo)

White House: French joining U.S. in airstrikes in Iraq is ‘significant’

Susan Crabtree · September 18, 2014 6:01 pm

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls delivers his speech at the National Assembly in Paris, France, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014. France's prime minister faces a confidence vote in a parliament increasingly frustrated with unpopular President Francois Hollande's handling of the economy, including dissidents within his Socialist Party. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

French prime minister wins confidence vote

Elaine Ganley · September 16, 2014 7:29 pm

Travelers look at departure boards at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport in Roissy, near Paris, Monday, Sept. 15, 2014. At least half of Air France flights around the world were canceled Monday as pilots kicked off a weeklong strike, angry that the airline is shifting jobs and operations to a low-cost carrier to better keep up with competition. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Air France strike amid Europe’s low-cost shakeup

MILOS KRIVOKAPICANGELA CHARLTON · September 15, 2014 7:31 pm

FILE - In this July 20, 2010 file photo, a person uses Netflix in Palo Alto, Calif. Netflix is tapping into six new markets on Monday hoping to gain hundred thousand new subscribers and balance out the billions spent on entertainment content each year. Their presence is welcome in most European countries, but in France Netflix is facing government-imposed regulatory hurdles and pressure from established local competitors. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Video-streaming giant Netflix launches in France

Washington Examiner · September 15, 2014 6:24 pm

FILE - In this July 20, 2010 file photo, a person uses Netflix in Palo Alto, Calif. Netflix is tapping into six new markets on Monday hoping to gain hundred thousand new subscribers and balance out the billions spent on entertainment content each year. Their presence is welcome in most European countries, but in France Netflix is facing government-imposed regulatory hurdles and pressure from established local competitors. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

France bristles as Netflix advances in Europe

Louise Dewast · September 13, 2014 9:59 am

French President Francois Hollande is seen after his arrival at Baghdad Airport in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. Hollande expressed his solidarity with Iraq on a visit to Baghdad on Friday, as his country prepares for possible airstrikes with a U.S.-led coalition against extremists who have seized territory around the region. (AP Photo/Thaier Al-Sudani, Pool)

National Security

Paris wants Iran to help crush Islamic radicals

SYLVIE CORBETELAINE GANLEY · September 12, 2014 5:23 pm

FILE - In this Saturday, July 26, 2014 file photo, French Foreign Ministry Laurent Fabius arrives to speak during a press conference after a meeting to press for a cease-fire in Gaza at Quai d'Orsay in Paris, France. Fabius said Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014 that his country is ready to take part in airstrikes against extremist fighters in Iraq if needed. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

National Security

France ready to participate in Iraq airstrikes

Washington Examiner · September 10, 2014 6:24 pm

European Commission President elect Jean-Claude Juncker gestures as he addresses the media on the attribution of portfolios to the Commissioners-designate at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Britain and France secure EU’s top economic jobs

Juergen Baetz · September 10, 2014 2:19 pm

National Security

French president going to Iraq later this week

Washington Examiner · September 9, 2014 5:54 pm

In this photo taken Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014, migrants sit by a tent at a makeshift camp in Calais, northern France. Migrants huddle in shanty-towns in Calais, gazing out at a tantalizingly narrow stretch of water toward Britain - the land they see as their Eldorado. They are pouring into the French port city at an ever-faster pace, overwhelming police with aggressive new tactics in their bid to cross the English Channel. (AP Photo/Elaine Ganley)

Migrants’ new tactics sound alarm bells in France

Elaine Ganley · September 8, 2014 12:41 pm