Faced with rising seas, French Polynesia ponders floating islands
Low-lying, small islands of the Pacific are disproportionately at risk of losing land as sea level climbs Image Credit: AP Coral bleached white by heat stress in New Caledonia, an […]
Attacker killed at Orly airport France:
Source: BBC A man has been shot dead after trying to seize a soldier’s weapon at Orly airport in Paris, French officials say.He was killed by the security forces in a shop after the attack in the airport’s southern terminal. The airport has been shut after what the authorities described as […]
The Guardian view on the headscarf ruling: the toughest decisions have been left to national courts
Source: The Guardian The right of Muslim women to wear the headscarf and full-face veil in workplaces and public spaces has never been under greater scrutiny. It is a right […]
French city bans food handouts to migrants
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL AA Photo The mayor of the northern French port city of Calais has taken measures to stop people from giving food to refugees as authorities struggle to […]
Marine Le Pen loses EU parliament immunity over tweets
Reuters International MAR 2, 2017 – Marine Le Pen, French National Front (FN) political party leader and Member of the European Parliament, attends the election of the new President of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File photo (reuters_tickers) By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) – […]
EU Parliament lifts Le Pen immunity over gruesome tweets
Source: Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The European Parliament voted Thursday to lift the immunity from prosecution for French far-right leader Marine Le Pen for tweeting gruesome images of Islamic […]
Earliest known medieval Muslim graves are discovered in France
Shown are the oldest known Muslim graves in France, according to a new study. The finding suggests a Muslim community was established in Nimes, France, between the 8th and 9th centuries. (Yves Gleize) Deborah NetburnContact Reporter On the outskirts of the ancient Roman city of Nimes in southern France, archaeologists have discovered […]
France Jews: Two brothers attacked in Paris street
Source: BBC French police are investigating an assault on two Jewish brothers in a Paris suburb, in which the attackers allegedly shouted anti-Semitic abuse. The eldest, 29, and his brother, 17, say one of the attackers was armed with a hacksaw and they both suffered cuts during the struggle. They […]
Politics, not theology, at root of Islamism, says French scholar
By Saeb Rawashdeh – Feb 23,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Francois Burgat AMMAN — “Never in our recent history [has] the gap between the politically correct discourse about political Islam in France and in the Arab world been so profound,” said Francois Burgat. A French political scientist, Arabist and senior […]
Marine Le Pen in Lebanon row after refusing to wear headscarf
Source: CNN Beirut (CNN)France’s Marine Le Pen canceled a meeting with Lebanon’s Grand Mufti Tuesday after refusing to wear a headscarf. The far-right presidential candidate is on a two-day tour […]
Marine Le Pen has arrived in Lebanon to find out that the Christians she thought were her allies aren’t on her side at all
The National Front leader thought that Lebanon, burdened with a million Syrian refugees, should send them home as soon as the war is over. She clearly did not know that tens of thousands of Lebanese are actually related to Syrians Robert Fisk Beirut @indyvoices Marine Le Pen has been doing a […]
Wikileaks: CIA espionage orders for the 2012 french presidential election
Press Release (english) 16 February, 2017 CIA espionage orders for the last French presidential election All major French political parties were targeted for infiltration by the CIA’s human (“HUMINT”) and electronic (“SIGINT”) spies in the seven months leading up to France’s 2012 presidential election. The revelations are contained within three […]
In France, Some Muslims Seek To ‘Adapt’ Islam To Secular Culture
Source: NPR By ELEANOR BEARDSLEY The carpeted prayer hall at the grand mosque in the French city of Bordeaux is full on a recent Friday afternoon. Behind a sculpted wooden railing […]
The 5 Candidates in the Battle Royale for French President
Source: Time By Ian Bremmer Every four years, plenty of Americans wish they were given more than two serious options for president. The French, however, are comparatively spoiled for choice with […]
Paris unveils glass wall to protect Eiffel Tower
Source: BBC The Eiffel Tower in Paris is to have a 2.5m-high (8ft) wall of reinforced glass built around it as protection against terror attacks, officials say. The Paris mayor’s […]
Nicolas Sarkozy: French ex-president ordered to stand trial
Source: BBC A French judge has ordered ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy to stand trial in an illegal campaign finance case. Mr Sarkozy faces accusations that his party falsified accounts in order […]
Nicolas Sarkozy: French ex-president ordered to stand trial
Source: BBC A French judge has ordered ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy to stand trial in an illegal campaign finance case. Mr Sarkozy faces accusations that his party falsified accounts in order to hide 18m euros (£15m; $20m) of campaign spending in 2012. Mr Sarkozy has repeatedly denied that he was aware of the […]
With François Fillon in the Gutter, France Can Expect a Battle of Insurgents
Source: Time By Vivienne Walt/Paris Until just 10 days ago, the easy frontrunner to be France’s next president was François Fillon, a conservative Republican and former Prime Minister, whose straight-ace family […]
French soldier shoots attacker outside Louvre
Source: BBC A French soldier guarding the Louvre in Paris has shot a man who tried to attack a security patrol with a machete shouting “Allahu Akbar”, police say. The […]
France’s Fillon hit with new allegations over wife’s employment
Reuters International JAN 31, 2017 – 17:59 FILE PHOTO: Francois Fillon, former French prime minister and member of Les Republicains political party, delivers his speech after partial results in the second round for the French center-right presidential primary election in Paris, France, November 27, 2016. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer/File Photo (reuters_tickers) PARIS […]