Marc Perelman interviews Alain Richard, Former Defence Minister; Nicolas Dhuicq, UMP MP; Pierre Conesa, Former Defence Ministry Official; and Philippe Vasset, Editor in Chief, Intelligence Online.
Marc Perelman interviews Alain Richard, Former Defence Minister; Nicolas Dhuicq, UMP MP; Pierre Conesa, Former Defence Ministry Official; and Philippe Vasset, Editor in Chief, Intelligence Online.
US President Barack Obama has signed a 680-billion-dollar defence spending bill that also contains an attached measure expanding the definition of federal hate crimes to those committed because of sexual orientation.
The warming of ties between Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, in Brazil for the country's independence day, could mean France securing a lucrative contract to supply Brazil with 36 modern fighter jets.
After five days of heated debate, Iranian parliamentarians have approved 18 out of 21 cabinet ministers proposed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, including his controversial pick for defence minister, who is wanted by Interpol.
After five days of heated debate, Iranian parliamentarians have approved 18 out of 21 cabinet ministers proposed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, including his controversial pick for defence minister, who is wanted by Interpol.
Argentina expressed outrage Friday over Iran's nomination of Ahmad Vahidi (pictured) to the post of defence minister. Vahidi is wanted in connection with the 1994 Buenos Aires bombing of a Jewish community centre that killed 85 people.
A spokesperson for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Argentina's objection to Iran's choice of defence minister, who is wanted for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish organisation in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people, was a "zionist plot".
On a surprise visit to the breakaway Georgian province of Abkhazia, Russian PM Vladimir Putin pledged 500 million dollars to build bases and defend Abkhazia as tensions with Georgia appear to grow.
Irakli Okruashvili was once a close ally of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili. But things went sour and he was briefly arrested in September 2007, charged with large-scale bribery and negligence. He now lives in France, under political asylum.
