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Venezuela's Guaido calls for opposition input into new electoral body
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido said on Wednesday that he would support naming a new electoral council but said its members should not be chosen unilaterally by the National Assembly currently held by the ruling socialist party.
France, allies to push on with protest at IAEA over Iran's activities - foreign minister
PARIS (Reuters) - France and its Western allies plan to lodge a protest with the United Nations' nuclear watchdog to criticise Iran's decision to curb cooperation with the agency, the French foreign minister said on Tuesday.
'No smoking gun,' 'We are all Mohammed bin Salman,' say crown prince supporters
DUBAI (Reuters) - "No smoking gun," pro-government Saudi commentators concluded in response to a U.S. intelligence assessment that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had approved the operation to capture or kill journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Venezuela cell block overcrowding hits triple capacity, rights group warns
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's pretrial cell blocks in 2020 were overcrowded at a level amounting to triple their capacity, a rights group warned on Thursday, criticizing unsanitary conditions in the facilities due to underfunding in the crisis-stricken country.
France receiving enough COVID-19 vaccine to hit target, minister says
PARIS (Reuters) - France is receiving enough doses of COVID-19 vaccine to reach the government's target of vaccinating 15 million people by the end of June, Industry Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher told LCI television on Wednesday.
EU hits 19 Venezuelans with sanctions over December election
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union on Monday imposed sanctions on 19 senior Venezuelan officials, lawmakers and members of the security forces in response to December's legislative election that the bloc said was rigged in favour of President Nicolas Maduro.
France to discuss Iran with Germany, UK and U.S. counterparts this week
PARIS (Reuters) - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian will discuss the situation regarding Iran at a meeting on Feb. 18 featuring his counterparts from Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States, said the French foreign ministry on Wednesday.
French Assembly passes bill aiming to curb Islamism
PARIS (Reuters) - France's National Assembly on Tuesday approved legislation designed mainly to counter a rise in Islamism in towns and cities which the government says threatens national unity.
The show must go on, but COVID-19 and animal ban threaten French circuses
SENAS, France (Reuters) - William Kerwich hasn't performed a circus show since March. Instead, his family's travelling circus has been parked on a plot of land in southern France, his lions and tigers confined to their pens and his main tent packed up.
France says held in-depth talks with U.S., Britain, Germany on Iran
PARIS (Reuters) - France's foreign minister said on Friday he held in-depth talks with his American, British and German counterparts on Iran and how to handle nuclear and regional security challenges.
