FRANCE
Le Pen targets immigration for French vote boost
France’s far-right candidate Marine Le Pen seeks to use the immigration issue to improve her chance in the upcoming presidential election.
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FRANCE
France nabs two 'planning attack ahead of polls'
France arrests two Frenchmen over planning an imminent violent attack before the country’s elections, a minister says.
EU
European shares hit low over UK, France votes
European shares experienced the three-week lows over concerns about Britain’s early election and France’s presidential polls.
TURKEY
Copter with Turkish officials crashes, 14 die
At least 14 people are killed in a copter crash involving senior officials southeast of Turkey.
POLITICS
Theresa May calls for early UK general election
The British prime minister calls for an election on June 8, saying opposition parties risk worsening her negotiating hand in Brexit talks.
ECONOMY
Boeing to lay off hundreds of workers
Boeing says it is laying off hundreds of workers this week due to fewer sales opportunities.
BUSINESS
Riyadh launches massive renewable energy plan
Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih has kicked off a massive multi-billion-dollar plan which is expected to increase the kingdom’s production of electricity from renewable sources by 10 percent within the next few years.
GERMANY
Russia, Germany, France, Ukraine discuss truce deal
Merkel holds phone conversations with presidents of Russia, Germany and Ukraine over the Minsk agreement on the crisis in eastern Ukraine.
POLITICS
Iran’s Zarif holds meetings with Georgian officials
The Iranian foreign minister discusses closer bilateral ties with officials in Tbilisi, the second destination in his Central Asia and Caucasus tour.
SYRIA
15 civilians killed in US-led airstrike in Syria
The air raid targeted a residential compound in the town of Albu Kamal in the southeastern countryside of Dayr al-Zawr.
ECONOMY
Russia says trade with Iran to grow further in 2017
Russia says it expects trades relations with Iran to grow further this year after increasing almost twofold in 2016.
FRANCE
French presidential candidates rally in tight race
Far-right candidate Marine Le Pen holds a campaign rally in Paris while maintaining a narrow lead over her three top rivals.
ECONOMY
Iran’s private sector devising own plan to get loans
Iran’s media say the country’s private sector is planning to create its own guarantee fund to attract international loans for small- and medium-sized enterprises.
MILITARY
US to review nuclear posture amid N Korea row
Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to review the country’s nuclear arsenal and ensure its reliability amid simmering tensions with North Korea.
KOREAS
Japan urges ‘peace, pressure’ in North Korea row
Prime Minister Abe of Japan calls for both a peaceful resolution of tensions with North Korea and pressure on Pyongyang to force it to abandon its nuclear program.
SPORTS
Iran beach v-ball team stamps supremacy in AVC cup
The Iranian men’s national beach volleyball A team ranks first at the 2017 Asian Senior Beach Volleyball Championships in Thailand.
EU
Spaniards protest US aggression on Syria
The demonstrators in Madrid voice their outrage at Washington’s recent missile attack on a Syrian army air base.
SOCIETY
Trump nudged by wife during national anthem
The first lady has reminded her husband to put his hand over his heart during the National Anthem.
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