France’s secular laws can accommodate Islam: Hollande
PARIS, FRANCE: President Francois Hollande insisted on Thursday that France's strict laws separating church and… Read More
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French woman who received first face transplant dies
LILLE: The world's first face transplant recipient, Frenchwoman Isabelle Dinoire, died in April "after a long… Read More
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Paris to open first refugee camp in mid-October
PARIS: Paris will open its first refugee camp in mid-October, Mayor Anne Hidalgo said Tuesday, unveiling… Read More
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Veiled Muslim mothers prevented from entering French school
MARSEILLE: Two Muslim mothers wearing headscarves were accosted and prevented from entering a nursery school… Read More
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Cocaine ‘worth €50m’ discovered at Coca-Cola plant
PARIS: Coca-Cola workers found a huge stash of cocaine when they opened a delivery of… Read More
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French city Nice suspends burkini ban after defiance
NICE: A Nice court finally suspended the burkini ban on Thursday after authorities in the French… Read More
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Sarkozy book tops French bestseller list
PARIS: A new book in which Nicolas Sarkozy launched his campaign to retake the French… Read More
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UN hails suspension of France’s burkini ban, slams ‘stigmatisation’
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND: The UN on Tuesday welcomed a decision by France's highest administrative court to… Read More
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France seeks new chapter in Muslim relations
PARIS: France's government sought Monday to open a new chapter in relations with the country's… Read More
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‘All Muslims are terrorists’ restaurateur tells Muslim women in France
BOBIGNY: Two veiled women who were told by a French restaurateur that all Muslims are… Read More
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Anti-burkini law in France would worsen tension, says interior minister
PARIS, FRANCE: A law banning the full-body "burkini" swimsuit in France would stoke tensions between… Read More
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French resorts defiant as top court suspends burkini ban
MARSEILLE, FRANCE: French resorts were defiant after a ban on the burkini in a Riviera… Read More
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Top French court suspends burkini ban
PARIS: France's highest administrative court on Friday suspended a controversial ban on the burkini by a… Read More
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Obama establishes world’s largest marine reserve
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Friday burnished his environmental legacy by establishing the world's largest… Read More
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France, India play down security risk of leaked submarine data
PARIS: France and India on Thursday played down the security risk posed by leaked data… Read More
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France’s highest court mulls bid to reverse burkini ban
PARIS: France's highest administrative court will examine a request to overturn a ban on the… Read More
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India submarine data leak may be ‘economic warfare’, says French contractor
SYDNEY/PARIS: French naval contractor DCNS said on Wednesday it may have been the victim of… Read More
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Woman forced to remove clothes after burkini ban in France
NICE: An angry debate over a ban on burkinis in France was further stoked as… Read More
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Germany proposes burqa ban in public places
BERLIN, GERMANY: Germany's interior minister on Friday proposed partially banning the full-face burqa veil, as… Read More
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Eight seriously injured in France train crash
MONTPELLIER, FRANCE: A train crashed into a tree that had fallen onto the tracks in a… Read More
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