The French military’s first airstrike against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Syria killed 30 jihadists, including 12 child fighters known as “Caliphate cubs,” reveals a U.K.-based monitor group.
PARIS, Sept 30 (Reuters) – France is investigating Bashar al-Assad over alleged crimes against humanity, the Paris prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday, launching a case that highlights divisions among major powers over relations with the Syrian leader. The investigation, which is
PARIS (AP) — Two European Uber executives are facing the possibility of prison in a French trial hinging on the ride-hailing service’s lowest-cost service. While that service has already been banned in France, the trial that started Wednesday reflects larger
Britain and France are set to organise a joint ceremony to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme next year that is expected to draw some 10,000 people, the French government said. Senior political and military officials
A French centre-right politician has come under fire for arguing that France is a “white race” country and that immigrants, particularly Muslims, are only welcome if they are willing to adapt. Nadine Morano, a former minister under Nicolas Sarkozy also defended the
A radical Islamist on the run from prison has evaded French police authorities for over a week, having warned inmates they would soon hear about him. The 30-year-old man was granted temporary day release from Chauconin-Meaux prison in Seine-et-Marne, east of
France said on Sunday it had launched its first air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria, in an effort to stem its growing presence there. “Our country thus confirms its resolute commitment to fight against the terrorist threat represented
An African male migrant was killed on the tracks near the Channel Tunnel mouth this morning as he was trying to illegally cross to the United Kingdom from France. The man, who has been described by the tunnel authority as being
On September 3rd, French prosecutors closed their investigation into the 2004 death of Palestinian Authority (PA) leader Yasser Arafat.
Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s Front National (FN) party, will stand trial over historic comments she made comparing Muslim street prayers to the wartime occupation of France. Marine Le Pen’s former lawyer and FN party treasurer, Wallerand de Saint Just,
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Francois Hollande agreed on Tuesday that European Union leaders should look at ways to help countries neighbouring Syria take in more refugees. At talks in London on the eve of
France should “overcome” a “taboo” and start collecting data on the racial and ethnic origin of its citizens, a former Prime Minister has said. François Fillon, who served as Prime Minister under President Nicolas Sarkozy, said the country must start
Diplomats from Germany, Italy, and France have been making overtures to Turkey in the hope of stemming the flow of migrants travelling to Europe. The revelation of the potential Turkey plan, which would likely involve the transfer of money from
They dream of a better life in Germany, Sweden or Holland, but one country appears glaringly absent from the lips of refugees on their arduous journey to Europe: France. So why are refugees skirting Europe’s second largest economy, once seen as
Spencer Stone, one of three American heroes who thwarted a terrorist attack on a crowded French train last month will receive the Purple Heart on Thursday afternoon in the central courtyard of the Pentagon.
A relative of Abdallah Kurdi living in France with his wife and four children has called the country an “open air prison”, and spoken of his desire to go to England – despite having been granted a three bedroom council
Patriarch Louis Sako, the head of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Baghdad, is the latest Christian leader to ask Christians in the Middle East not to abandon their homelands despite threats from radical Islamic groups. He also slammed the countries who give preferential treatment to Christian refugees.
French officials have warned that the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) continues to move through Syria with reckless abandon, showing no signs of weakness and eyeing the takeover of the country’s northern region of Aleppo, a city whose residents’ fate grows gloomier each day.
France will carry out its first air strikes on the Islamic State jihadist group in Syria “in the coming weeks,” Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Wednesday. The French air force has been carrying out reconnaissance missions over Syria since
French satirical publication Charlie Hebdo has published a controversial set of cartoons about Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi, whose death generated international outrage when photos of the boy’s deceased body surfaced online, The Independent reports.
Frustrated by the growing security in an around the port of Calais, migrants seeking to come to the UK are now moving to other French ports such as Dieppe and Ouistreham in a bid to thwart police checks. Police are
France may have declared itself ready to accept thousands of asylum seekers from Germany this week, but it has been accused of ignoring the migrants already there. Those who for months have been consigned to makeshift camps in Paris and Calais,
Front National mayor Robert Ménard is going door to door with armed police officers in an illegal migrant squat, telling newcomers that criminals are not welcome in his town. Ménard has already hit the headlines in his native France for this
Jinan Badel, a young Yazidi girl who escaped the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), met with French President Francois Hollande where he offered her asylum. She politely turned down his offer so she can return to Iraqi Kurdistan.
Contents: Russia and Iran send more troops to Syria to back faltering al-Assad; Putin’s plan for Syria: al-Assad regime in anti-ISIS coalition with West; Assad regime and ISIS are apparently BOTH now using chemical weapons in Syria
