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Toxic Legacy of Jean-Marie Le Pen

In Death, Jean-Marie Le Pen of France Is Embraced by Far-Right Party He Once Led

For years, the far-right National Rally tried to distance itself from Mr. Le Pen’s racist and antisemitic remarks. But after his death Tuesday, it hailed him as a visionary.

Newsday · 2d

Jean-Marie Le Pen and the rise of the far right in France: A look at key dates

French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, center, flanked by his daughter Marine Le Pen, and Bruno Gollnisch, arrives for a wreath-laying ceremony at the statue of Joan of Arc, within the party's traditional May Day march Saturday May 1, 2010, in Paris. Credit: AP/Jacques Brinon

DPA International on MSN · 2d

Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France's National Front, dies at 96

Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of the French far-right nationalist party formerly known as the National Front and a controversial force in the country's political life for decades, has died aged 96. President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday issued a terse acknowledgement of Le Pen's significant role in France's post-war society - but withheld any further assessment of his legacy.

France, Sarkozy and Libya

The Associated Press on MSN · 3d

France’s former President Sarkozy stands trial over alleged campaign funding by Libya’s Gadhafi

A trial has opened of France’s former President Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants over alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by the government of then-Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.

Newsweek on MSN · 3d

France's Sarkozy Goes on Trial Over Alleged Gadhafi Campaign Funding

Nicolas Sarkozy, the former president of France, heads to trial to face charges linked to allegations that his presidential campaign received illegal financing.

U.S. News & World Report · 20h

France's Sarkozy Slams Libyan Campaign Financing Case as 'A Conspiracy'

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives for a hearing in his trial with twelve other defendants on charges of corruption and illegal financing of an election campaign related to alleged Libyan funding of his successful 2007 presidential bid,

Army Chief Joseph Aoun elected Lebanon’s President

AFP on MSN · 21h

Macron welcomes 'crucial election' of new Lebanon president

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday welcomed the "crucial election" by Lebanese lawmakers of army chief Joseph Aoun as president after a two-year vacuum at the top, calling his victory an

The Washington Post · 1d

Lebanon's parliament elects army commander Joseph Aoun as president, ending a 2-year deadlock

Lebanon’s parliament has voted to elect army commander Joseph Aoun as the head of state, filling a more than two-year-long presidential vacuum

Reuters on MSN · 20h

Lebanon's army chief elected president, showing weakened Hezbollah

Lebanon's parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday, filling the vacant presidency with a general who has U.S. support and showing the weakened sway of the Iran-backed Hezbollah group after its devastating war with Israel.

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Why leaders of France’s next Olympics are in Utah

The leader of one of the French Alps regions that will host the 2030 Winter Games arrived in Utah Thursday eager to see the ...

A look at the legal cases filed against France's former President Sarkozy

France’s former President Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial over allegations he received millions from Libya for his 2007 ...

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Jewish homes and businesses defaced with antisemitic graffiti in France

At least 10 Jewish homes and businesses around Paris and a synagogue in the northern French city of Rouen have been defaced, ...

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Embattled former president of France in court again

The trial, the culmination of a 10-year anti-corruption probe, also involves Claude Gueant, Sarkozy's former secretary-general and interior minister, Brice Hortefeux, another former interior minister, ...

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Chadian politician accuses France of trying to ruin Chad's independence

Chad made headlines a couple of days ago after enduring an overnight attack on its presidential palace carried out by 24 ...

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A different kind of President: How will history remember Jimmy Carter?

More than the final sendoff for long-gone one-term president?With Jimmy Carter’s passing, Washington marking two legacies, that of a peanut farmer-turned-governor of a southern state whose rise to ...

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France pushes back on Trump using military pressure to take Greenland, says it's now 'survival of the fittest'

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot on Wednesday said the European Union will not permit President-elect Trump to attempt to take Greenland by military force.

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