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Radical Islamic terrorists inflicted around 150 fatalities and over 400 injuries with fully automatic firearms in Western Europe in 2015 — despite the draconian gun controls present in most of the continent — with the majority of the slaying taking place in France, and the Bataclan theatre in particular. … [Read more...] about France: Amid Terror Threat, Civilian Security Guards for Celebrities, Executives, Tourist Sites Get Guns

The United States, aided by Syrian Kurdish-led fighters, helped rout the Islamic State extremist group from all urban areas in Syria but remains in the country because pockets of IS militants remain. Turkey says it is fighting IS but is also seeking to curb the spread of the Syrian Kurdish militia that it considers “terrorists.” … [Read more...] about Syria FM: Victory Over ‘Terrorism’ Is Near, ‘Occupiers’ U.S., France and Turkey Must Leave

Saddam corrupted the system by demanding that any company that wants to buy oil under this program would be invoiced for 110 percent of the actual cost of the oil. The 100 percent portion would be used to purchase food, and the other 10 percent would go into Saddam’s own bank account. A U.N. inquiry led by former U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker alleged in 2005 that the 2,200 companies involved in the programme had paid a total of $1.8 billion in kickbacks to win supply deals. Of those, 180 were French. … [Read more...] about World View: Fourteen Companies in France on Trial over Iraq War Oil-for-Food Corruption

Sign up to our Daily newsletter More from the Evening Express Thousands protest against Tommy Robinson ‘Brexit betrayal’ march Paris looks to get back to business after fresh wave of protests French police use armoured vans and tear gas in bid to quell Paris protests Scuffles and tear gas as riot police clamp down on Paris protest … [Read more...] about Macron to address France as protests shake government

During his stay in France, Party General Secretary Trong held talks with  President Emmanuel Macron; met Prime Minister Édouard Philippe, President of the National Assembly Francois De Rugy; President of the Senate Gérard Larcher; laid wreaths at the statue of late President Ho Chi Minh to commemorate the national hero in Montreuil city and visited Choisy Le Roi City, where negotiations on the Paris Agreement on ending the war and restoring peace in Vietnam took place from from May 1968 to March 1973. … [Read more...] about Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong concludes France, Cuba visits