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Iraqi forces inch towards Mosul: US-led coalition huddle in Paris to review the offensive on Islamic State

Iraqi forces were inching to within striking distance of eastern Mosul on Tuesday as defence chiefs from the US-led coalition met in Paris to review the offensive on the jihadist bastion.

Hollande uncertain on Putin visit to Paris after Aleppo veto

French President Francois Hollande has not yet decided whether to meet Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Paris next week, after the Kremlin blocked a UN bid to end the bombing of Aleppo, Paris said.

Ahead of Eid Al-Fitr, Hollande warns anti-terror fight shouldn't undermine 'French values'

Islam can co-exist with secularism, President Francois Hollande said Thursday, warning in a speech seen as preparing the ground for a re-election bid that the anti-terror fight should not undermine French values.

Australian PM Turnbull asks Hollande for 'ferocious' pledge over data security

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has sought a "ferocious commitment" from French President Francois Hollande over data security after the leak of confidential information on the Indian Scorpene submarines made by a French firm which has also won a 50 billion dollar Australian submarines contract.

France president Francois Hollande to meet Pope Francis over priest killing

French President Francois Hollande will meet Pope Francis at the Vatican on Wednesday, three weeks after the jihadist murder of a priest in France sent shockwaves through the Catholic Church.

French PM Manuel Valls 'open' to interim ban on foreign funding of mosques

France's prime minister said on Friday that he was "open" to a temporary ban on foreign financing for mosque building, after a spate of attacks in the country claimed by jihadists.

Nice Attack: Indian present at the site of incident describes massacre in tweets

Kartik, a Indian who was present when the Nice attack happened where 84 people were killed when a bus ran into the crowd, was live tweeting the whole incident was unfolding.

Watch: Horrific Nice attack aftermath captured on camera (graphic content)

On late Thursday night as revellers were watching Bastille Day fireworks display, a truck ploughed into a crowd in the French resort of Nice, killing at least 84 people and injuring 18. France President Francois Hollande touted the attack as an act of terrorism.

Nice attack: Obama, Modi and other world leaders react to deadly France strike

Politicians from around the world have reacted with horror after a truck smashed into a crowd in the French resort of Nice, killing at least 80 as they watched a Bastille Day fireworks display.

Nice Attack: Terrorist strikes in France since Charlie Hebdo slayings

Nearly 80 people were killed Friday when a truck ploughed into a crowd in the French Riviera resort of Nice during Bastille Day celebrations, the latest attack in a country still reeling from last year's Islamic State terror assaults.