
French officials say a knifeman, possibly wearing an explosive vest, who attacked a Paris police station has been shot dead. Police sources say the knifeman attempted to enter the building in the 18th Arrondissement in Paris just moments after a President Francois
by Sarkis Zeronian7 Jan 2016, 4:00 AM PST0

France will on Thursday hold official ceremonies marking a year since a jihadist attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo, with the French satirical magazine defiantly reasserting its provocative spirit. President Francois Hollande will address a gathering of anti-terror security
by AFP7 Jan 2016, 1:47 AM PST0

New sexual abuse allegations have surfaced against UN peacekeepers in Central Africa Republic (CAR) as officials investigate previous claims.
by Mary Chastain6 Jan 2016, 11:53 AM PST0

Contents: ISIS assault in Libya giving militants control of oil fields; US, Britain, France preparing new Libya military offensive early in 2016
by John J. Xenakis6 Jan 2016, 6:10 AM PST0

One year on, an anxious, fragmented France is paying tribute to the victims of the killings at Charlie Hebdo magazine, with old divisions made worse by what President Francois Hollande has called “a terrible year”. After the Islamist attacks that
by Reuters6 Jan 2016, 1:50 AM PST0

The tenacious Sudanese migrant who put the lives of himself and others at risk by walking the full length of the channel tunnel to reach the United Kingdom has been awarded UK asylum, despite facing criminal charges. Sudanese national Abdul Rahman Haroun,
by Oliver Lane5 Jan 2016, 5:25 AM PST0

French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday unveiled a plaque at the former offices of the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo as commemorations began to mark the attack there and two more days of horror. In a sombre, wordless observance under a
by AFP5 Jan 2016, 2:18 AM PST0

Four days after the November 13 Paris attacks, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said the U.S. will have “absolutely no choice” but to close down mosques where “some bad things are happening.” He suggested people need to—and are finally starting to—understand this.
by James Zumwalt4 Jan 2016, 1:56 PM PST0

A French Muslim of Tunisian origin who drove at four soldiers outside a mosque on Friday has admitted that he wanted to kill and be killed “to appear like a martyr,” according to a prosecutor. The 29 year old was
by Donna Rachel Edmunds4 Jan 2016, 6:00 AM PST0

French magazine Charlie Hebdo is marking the first anniversary of the terrorist attack that killed eight of its staff with a new front cover featuring a bearded man with a gun, representing God. The front page of the special edition,
by Nick Hallett4 Jan 2016, 5:14 AM PST0

In the face of growing tensions due to the violence spread in the name of God by Islamist jihadists, it can be tempting to simply try to stifle all religion, a temptation that the French bishops are calling “an illusion and a mistake.”
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.2 Jan 2016, 3:07 PM PST0

A soldier and an elderly Muslim man were injured outside a mosque in France yesterday when a Muslim man of Tunisian descent rammed his car repeatedly into a group of soldiers standing guard. The soldiers opened fire on the car,
by Donna Rachel Edmunds2 Jan 2016, 8:47 AM PST0

PARIS (AP) — The push by France’s Socialist government to revoke the citizenship of convicted terrorists with dual nationality after the Paris attacks has turned into a harsh political dispute, with the far right applauding the move while some on
by AP2 Jan 2016, 6:17 AM PST0

French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday said it would release nearly a million copies of a special issue to mark a year since jihadists killed a dozen people in its Paris offices. The 32-page double issue — featuring a
by AFP31 Dec 2015, 2:15 AM PST0

For the first time in three-quarters of a century, the French government released 200,000 WWII records revealing French collaboration with Nazi Germany. The records, which were released online on Monday, were taken from the foreign, justice and interior ministries as well
by Breitbart Jerusalem29 Dec 2015, 7:15 AM PST0

France will throw open access to police and legal archives drawn from one of the country’s darkest hours, when the Vichy regime collaborated with Nazi occupiers during World War II, authorities said Sunday. Starting Monday the archives can be “freely
by AFP27 Dec 2015, 5:11 PM PST0

Tensions are rising on the Mediterranean Island of Corsica, a province of France, where authorities have banned all public protest after a series of anti-Muslim demonstrations were triggered by attacks on police and Firemen in a primarily Muslim neighbourhood. The unrest
by Liam Deacon27 Dec 2015, 4:38 PM PST0
The Chinese government passed an “antiterrorism” law right after they announced they will not renew press credentials for French journalist Ursula Gauthier after she criticized their treatment of the Muslim Uighur minority.
by Mary Chastain27 Dec 2015, 12:30 PM PST0

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A police commission is interviewing staff at a Brussels college after education authorities failed to act on concerns that a student who later became one of the Paris suicide bombers had been radicalised, two Belgian newspapers said
by Reuters26 Dec 2015, 5:06 AM PST0

The Jerusalem Post reports: Nearly thirty thousand Jews moved to Israel in 2015, up from 26,500 last year, the Jewish Agency for Israel announced on Thursday. Aliya has been on the rise in recent years, driven largely by the flow
by Breitbart Jerusalem25 Dec 2015, 5:07 AM PST0

French immigration to Israel reached a record high in 2015, Israeli officials said Thursday, citing “physical insecurity and financial uncertainty” as main driving forces. Around 8,000 French Jews were expected to have arrived over the course of the year, a
by AFP24 Dec 2015, 11:42 AM PST0

(AFP) – The French cabinet backed reform proposals Wednesday that could see the state of emergency called after last month’s Paris attacks enshrined in the constitution. Special policing powers used under the state of emergency — such as house arrests
by AFP23 Dec 2015, 9:23 AM PST0

A woman with a “fake pregnancy” belly has been detained in France on suspicion of planning to carry out a suicide bombing. The woman, who police have described as being 23 years old and a French convert to Islam, was
by Nick Hallett23 Dec 2015, 7:20 AM PST0

TOULOUSE, France – Police have prevented two men from carrying out an attack on police and army personnel in the central French city of Orleans, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Tuesday. Two Frenchmen, aged 20 and 24, were being
by Reuters23 Dec 2015, 1:23 AM PST0

A Frenchman who killed his boss and pinned his severed head to a fence at an industrial gas factory has committed suicide in his jail cell, prison authorities said Wednesday. Yassin Salhi, 35, hanged himself from the bars of his
by AFP23 Dec 2015, 1:15 AM PST0