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National Front leader Marine Le Pen addressing activists at the Espace Francois Mitterrand in Henin Beaumont, France, April 23, 2017. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images/JTA)
April 25, 2017, 3:28 am
Why Marine Le Pen is confident she will be France’s next president
Macron's victory in 1st round of elections has many assuming he will handily win the next stage, but things may not be so simple
By Cnaan Liphshiz
French presidential election candidate Emmanuel Macron rat the Parc des Expositions in Paris, on April 23, 2017. (AFP Photo/Eric Feferberg)
April 24, 2017, 5:38 pm
France’s mainstream unites for Macron as Le Pen reaches for outsiders
Establishment candidates rejected by voters rally around centrist; far-right party plans to woo those who backed far-leftist
By Sylvie Corbet and Elaine Ganley
French presidential election candidate for the En Marche ! movement Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech at the Parc des Expositions in Paris, on April 23, 2017, after the first round of the Presidential election. (AFP PHOTO / Patrick KOVARIK)
April 23, 2017, 11:27 pm
French leaders urge support for Macron ahead of presidential runoff against Le Pen
Bernard Cazeneuve rallies support for centrist in May 7 vote; protesters clash with police as poll results reveal 1st round winners
By Agencies and TOI staff
Far-right leader and candidate for the 2017 French presidential election, Marine Le Pen, cheers supporters on stage after exit poll results of the first round of the presidential election were announced, at her election day headquarters in Henin-Beaumont, northern France, Sunday, April 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
April 23, 2017, 10:23 pm
Le Pen, Macron through to 2nd round in French elections
Exit polls show far-right leader and centrist will contest presidency on May 7; others concede; Le Pen hails 'historic result'
By Agencies and TOI staff
French nationals Israel walk past posters showing French presidential election candidates at a polling station at the French consulate in Jerusalem on April 23, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 23, 2017, 4:38 pm
Turnout slightly up as France votes in high-stakes race
Long lines reported in Jerusalem and Netanya for expats wishing to cast ballots in presidential election
By Guy JACKSON
Soldiers patrol near the Arc de Triomphe after a shooting killed a police officer and injured two others on the Champs-Elysees in Paris, France, on April 20, 2017. (AFP/Benjamin Cremel)
April 21, 2017, 12:58 am
Islamic State claims Paris attack that killed policeman
Terror group says shooter, killed at scene, was Belgian 'fighter'; police say he was a known terror suspect; Hollande promises 'vigilance' ahead of presidential elections
By Agencies and TOI staff
French presidential election candidate for the far-right Front National party Marine Le Pen delivers a speech during a campaign meeting at the Palais des Congres in Ajaccio on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica, on April 8, 2017. (AFP Photo/Pascal Pochard-Casabianca)
April 10, 2017, 12:57 pm
Israel slams Marine Le Pen’s Holocaust comments as ‘contradicting historical truth’
French far-right presidential candidate on Sunday denied French culpability for roundups of Jews under Nazi rule
By Stuart Winer and AFP
French presidential election candidate for the far-right Front National party Marine Le Pen delivers a speech during a campaign meeting at the Palais des Congres in Ajaccio on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica, on April 8, 2017. (AFP Photo/Pascal Pochard-Casabianca)
April 10, 2017, 12:43 am
Le Pen: France not responsible for WWII round-up of Jews
Far-right presidential candidate defends comments as Jewish groups slam 'revisionist' statement
By AFP
Egyptians wheel away a body near a church in Alexandria after a bomb blast struck worshippers gathering to celebrate Palm Sunday on April 9, 2017. (AFP Photo/Stringer)
April 9, 2017, 5:32 pm
Israel calls for joint fight against terror after Egypt bombings
Germany, France and Hamas terror group also condemn IS attack against Copts on Palm Sunday
By TOI staff and Agencies
The day after a suspected chemical weapons attack killed at least 72 in a rebel-held town in Syria, Vice President of the Syrian national coalition Abdul Hakim Bashar gives a press conference in Istanbul, April 5, 2017. (AFP/OZAN KOSE)
April 5, 2017, 3:49 pm
Syria opposition says soft US attitude encouraging Assad
Arab League calls alleged gas attack 'a major crime' but doesn't blame regime; Lebanon condemns global apathy; pope calls for end to carnage
By Agencies
A Syrian doctor treating a boy following a suspected chemical attack, in the town of Khan Sheikhoun, northern Idlib province, Syria, from video provided on April 4, 2017. (Screen shot, Qasioun News Agency, via AP)
April 4, 2017, 7:28 pm
US, Britain, France hold Assad regime responsible for Syria gas attack
Russia, Syrian army deny involvement; UN commission investigating incident in which at least 58 people died following alleged chemical airstrike
By Agencies and TOI staff
British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks outside 10 Downing Street in central London on March 22, 2017, following the terror incident at the Houses of Parliament. (AFP Photo/Pool/Richard Pohle)
March 23, 2017, 12:48 am
May condemns ‘sick terrorist attack’ as world leaders offer condolences
Defiant UK leader says nation will not allow 'evil to drive us apart' as death toll in attack outside Parliament rises to 4, with 40 injured
By TOI staff and Agencies
Latifa Ibn Ziaten and CRIF President Roger Cukierman at the CRIF national convention in Paris, Nov. 16, 2014. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)
March 20, 2017, 4:59 pm
Bereaved Muslim mother skips memorial for Toulouse victims
Latifa Ibn Ziaten stays away from ceremony because 'no one pays homage' to her son, 'nobody thinks of the soldiers'
By JTA
RAID police unit officers secure the area at the Paris' Orly airport on March 18, 2017 following the shooting of a man by French security forces. (AFP/Benjamin Cremel)
March 18, 2017, 4:55 pm
Paris airport suspect previously investigated for Islamic extremism
Man shot dead trying to grab soldier's weapon was 'known to the police and intelligence services,' minister says
By Agencies and TOI staff
A man pulls a cart in front of a huge portrait of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Taksim Square in Istanbul on March 15, 2017. (AFP Photo/Bulent Kilic)
March 17, 2017, 1:10 am
Erdogan lashes EU over ‘anti-Islam crusade’
Amid referendum campaign to expand his powers, Turkish leader finds himself in worsening relations with Germany and Holland
By Fulya Ozerkan and Stuart Williams
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