Why are French muslims in fear?
Behind a wire-mesh fence embedded in weeds, in the northern Paris suburb of Gennevilliers, stand a cluster of terracotta-coloured buildings and a row of tents….
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Global tourism GDP resilient this year, but woes for France, Turkey
Travel and tourism will contribute less than previously forecast to the economies of France, Turkey and Brazil this year, hit by attacks, political and economic…
Nice becomes latest French city to ban burkinis
Nice has become the latest French seaside resort to ban the burkini, the body-concealing swimsuit associated with Islamic values that has sparked heated debate in…
UAE residents rail against burkini ban
Are French politicians going too far with the latest local bans on public beaches of full-body swimming garments known as burkinis? Mahdia Magri, a French-speaking…
French PM backs burkini bans as three more towns consider outlawing garments
Three seaside towns in France are planning to ban the burqini, the full-body Islamic swimming garment that has sparked concern about religious extremism. In the…
Two men wounded in French migrant camp shooting
Two men in the Grand-Synthe migrant camp near Dunkirk in northern France were being treated in hospital for gunshot wounds after a fight broke out…
French mayor bans burqinis in Cannes
The mayor of Cannes has banned the wearing of burqinis – full-body swimsuits – on the beaches of the French Riviera resort famous for its…
France set to seal $1.1bn chopper deal with Kuwait
France will supply 30 military helicopters to Kuwait in a deal worth over one billion euros ($1.1 billion) that French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian…
Syria-bound relative killer of journalists at Charlie Hebdo arrested
Brother-in-law of one of the men who carried out the 2015 Paris office attack halted in Turkey while attempting to travel to Syria A relative…
Clinton will immediately seek to reestablish U.S. dominance over the Middle East
The Summer of 2016 is proving to be a decisive one in both the United States and the rest of the world. The long shadows…