An explosion rocked a restaurant near a mosque in the French village of Villefranche-sur-Saone, on the outskirts of Lyon, about 270 miles south of Paris, even as reports emerged of attacks against several mosques around the country. There is no evidence to link the restaurant blast with the killings at[…]
French police say they have located the two heavily armed men said to be responsible for the killing of 12 people at a satirical newspaper in Paris, AFP news agency has reported. The Paris-based agency said on Thursday that the police have confirmed the two men were in the Aisne[…]
Global outrage and condemnation continues to pour in following the shocking attack on the offices of French satirical publication Charlie Hebdo. The incident led to the deaths of 12 people, the majority of whom were journalists and comics working at the magazine. Amongst those killed was editor and cartoonist, Stéphane[…]
At least 12 people were killed and ten injured on Wednesday, January 7, at the Paris office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, when two gunmen attacked the building and opened fire, sparking angry criticism worldwide. People had been “murdered in a cowardly manner”, President Francois Hollande told reporters at[…]
Two masked gunmen entered the Paris headquarters of satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo and opened fire with automatic weapons, killing at least 11 people, in what President Francois Hollande called a “terrorist attack.” Speaking at the scene of the attack, Hollande said the government had raised the alert level in[…]
French lawmakers voted Tuesday in favour of recognising Palestine as a state, sparking an immediate angry reaction from Israel which said such “unilateral measures” would harm efforts towards Middle East peace. Following hot on the heels of similar votes in Britain and Spain, French MPs voted 339 to 151 in[…]
French lawmakers were due to vote on a highly symbolic motion Tuesday urging the government to recognise Palestine as a state as frustration grows in Europe over the stalled Middle East peace process. The motion is expected to sail through the lower house and while it is non-binding, Paris has[…]
France has warned that it would recognise a Palestinian state if a final international effort to overcome the impasse between Israelis and Palestinians failed, and proposed a two-year timeframe to end the conflict through a UN-backed resolution. “If this final effort to reach a negotiated solution fails, then France will[…]
France’s National Assembly will vote this month on a largely symbolic resolution in favor of recognizing a Palestinian state, hoping it could help end the decades-long conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, officials said Wednesday. Approval by the lower and more powerful chamber of parliament would send a signal to President[…]
From the start, exactly what to call the rebel group that has taken over much of Syria and Iraq has been problematic. At first, many called it the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). However, due to differences over how the name should be translated from the Arabic, some[…]
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