French President Emmanuel Macron will on Sunday showcase Europe's defence capabilities by putting European military cooperation at the heart of a Bastille Day parade at a time of growing tensions with the United States.

Emmanuel Macron to show off Euro defence cooperation at Paris parade

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered an investigation into France's planned tax on technology companies, a probe that could lead to the United States imposing new tariffs or other trade restrictions.

Trump administration 'very concerned' over French plan to tax US tech companies

The new tax would be retrospectively applied from early 2019, and is expected to raise about €400m ($450m; £360m) this year. Any digital company with revenue of more than €750m - of which at least €25m is generated in France - would be subject to the tax.

US launches inquiry into French plan to tax tech giants

US President Donald Trump discussed the standoff over Iran's nuclear program with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Monday, the White House said. The two leaders 'discussed ongoing efforts to ensure that Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon and to end Iran's destabilizing behaviour in the Middle East,' the White House said in a statement.

US President Donald Trump has discussed Iran nuclear standoff with Macron: White House

French MPs on Tuesday passed a landmark law to fight online hate speech which will oblige social media networks to remove offending content in 24 hours and create a new button to enable users to flag abuse.

French lower parliament passes online hate speech law

French President Emmanuel Macron's top diplomatic advisor will fly to Tehran in a bid to seek a "de-escalation" after Iran said it had breached its uranium enrichment cap, his office said Monday.

France President Emmanuel Macron's advisor heads to Iran to calm nuclear tensions

France, Iran to resume talks over nuclear deal and its consequences French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday told his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani of his "strong concern over the risk of weakening the nuclear agreement" and of the consequences that would follow, his office announced.

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French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday told his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani of his "strong concern over the risk of weakening the nuclear agreement" and of the consequences that would follow, his office announced.

France, Iran to resume talks over nuclear deal and its consequences

European finance ministers need to find a compromise candidate to replace Christine Lagarde as the head of the International Monetary Fund, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Saturday.

Europe needs to find candidate to head IMF: France

European leaders worked through a long night of furious debate Monday as a bid to find compromise on Brussels' top jobs ran into stiff opposition. France's President Emmanuel Macron and Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel came to Brussels after developing a plan on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan.

European Union top jobs summit in trouble as compromise falters

President Hassan Rouhani said Iran "never seeks war" with the US, state media reported Wednesday amid a spike in tensions between the two countries. "Iran has no interest to increase tension in the region and it never seeks war with any country, including (the) US," the president said, quoted by state news agency IRNA.

Iran 'never seeks war' with US, says Hassan Rouhani

In a world first, Facebook has agreed to hand over the identification data of French users suspected of hate speech on its platform to judges, France's minister for digital affairs Cedric O said on Tuesday.

In a world first, Facebook to give data on hate speech suspects to French courts

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Tehran "never seeks war" with the US amid a spike in tensions between the two countries.

Rouhani to Macron: Iran 'Never Seeks War' with US

The Ukrainian delegation at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on Tuesday walked out in protest after Russian MPs were allowed to return to the human rights body five years after the annexation of Crimea.

Ukraine walks out of European rights body after Russia's return

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday said it may be possible to hold new peace talks over the conflict in the east of Ukraine as he hosted new Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on his first official visit to France.

Emmanuel Macron says new Ukraine peace talks possible under Volodymyr Zelensky

A small congregation wearing hard hats will attend mass at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on Saturday, the first service to be held since a fire devastated the Gothic landmark two months ago.

Notre-Dame to hold its first mass after two months since fire

It was a symbolic gift from Emmanuel Macron to Donald Trump at the height of their “bromance” last year: an oak tree ceremoniously planted in the manicured lawns of the White House by both leaders.

Trump and Macron’s symbolic friendship tree dies

French police have smashed a neo-Nazi cell accused of plotting attacks on Jewish or Muslim places of worship, legal sources said Tuesday. Five members of the group, who were "close in ideology to the neo-Nazi movement" were charged between September and May over the alleged plot, a source close to the investigation said.

France smashes neo-Nazi cell over plot against Jews, Muslims

French minister of state for foreign affairs was in Delhi on Monday to meet External Affairs Minister Jaishankar, minister of state in Ministry of External Affairs V Muraleedharan and minister of state in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry Hardeep Singh Puri.

French minister in Delhi to lay groundwork for Modi's visit to France

The contest to replace Theresa May as Britain's next leader formally got underway on Monday, with frontrunner Boris Johnson facing criticism from Paris over his Brexit plan and a key rival struggling to throw off a drugs scandal.

Drugs and Brexit: Race to replace United Kingdom's May under way

Iran said on Sunday Europe was in no position to criticise Tehran for its military capabilities and it called on European leaders to normalise trade ties with the Islamic Republic despite US sanctions, or face consequences.

Europe in no position to criticise Iran for issues outside JCPOA: Foreign Minister Javad Zarif

Iran rejected French calls for wider international talks over its nuclear and military ambitions, saying on Friday it would only discuss its existing 2015 atomic pact with world powers, state TV reported.

Iran rejects French call for wider talks beyond nuclear deal: Report

US President Donald Trump admitted that there had been past difficulties in his relationship with French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday, but said: "right now it's outstanding".

Trump says relations with Macron 'outstanding'

President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump continues their commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied northern France by Allied forces. President Trump was joined by French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte at ceremony. Watch this video to know more.

D-Day: French national colours on display

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