French Terrorism Suspects Appeared Anything But
Source: The New York Times By ADAM NOSSITER STRASBOURG, France — One was a well-liked elementary school assistant. Another was a hard-working cargo handler. The third was a friendly grocer. […]
Efforts to revive the Palestinian issue
Dec 14,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – Daoud Kuttab The French government’s attempt to bring peace to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is moving into high gear in the weeks before the end of the year and before the change of leadership in the US. What makes the French plan interesting is that it […]
Brussels ‘to fast-track offer’ for British nationals in France to remain EU citizens
The Local news.france@thelocal.com 9 December 2016 Photo: AFP The European Union’s Brexit negotiators will offer British people a chance to individually remain part of the EU, according to media reports in Britain. There was potentially some good news on Friday for all those Brits who were unhappy about the EU […]
In Manuel Valls, French Jews get a presidential candidate they can trust
By Cnaan Liphshiz December 7, 2016 PARIS (JTA) — Although his country is entering one of the most dramatic election campaigns in recent memory, Isy Morgensztern had no intention of exercising his right to vote. A left-wing Ashkenazi Jewish filmmaker from Paris, Morgensztern was too disappointed with the ruling Socialists under […]
Russia hails Francois Fillon (as a worried Germany looks on)
Source: The Local Francois Fillon, frontrunner to become France’s next president, is known for his pro-Russian stance in international politics. He wants closer ties with the Kremlin and has called for the European Union to lift its sanctions on Moscow imposed after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2014. “François […]
A Candidate Rises on Vows to Control Islam and Immigration. This Time in France.
Source: The New York Times By ADAM NOSSITER CHASSIEU, France — A patriotic sea of supporters, waving red, white and blue flags, greeted the newly ascendant presidential hopeful François Fillon this week at a soulless conference center in this suburb of Lyon. Mr. Fillon described radical Islam as a “totalitarianism […]
France is paying the price for normalizing Islamophobia
Source:CNN Nicolas Sarkozy’s defeat in the French Republican primary Sunday night could mean a reshuffling of priorities on the center right of French politics.The race will now be between two […]
France, OIC flay Israeli bill to legalize settler homes
ARAB NEWS | Published — Wednesday 16 November 2016 A general view of the Israeli outpost, a wildcat Jewish settlements built on private Palestinian land, of Mitzpe Dani in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday. (AFP) JEDDAH: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) strongly condemned a bill by the Israeli […]
French bishops try to make amends, fix sex abuse by priests
Source: Associated Press LOURDES, France (AP) — France’s Roman Catholic Church is trying to make amends for years of silence surrounding pedophilia among priests with a day of prayer and fasting for victims of sex abuse — and to fix the problem, notably with a prevention program for priests. Bishops […]
An uncanny mixture: God, alcohol and even cannabis
Source: BBC By Kait Bolongaro Business reporter Nestled high in France’s Chartreuse Mountains, the Grande Chartreuse monastery is home to a cloister of Catholic monks. Adherents of the Carthusian order […]
Calais ‘Jungle’: Fires rage across migrant camp
Source: BBC Fires are raging across parts of the “Jungle” migrant camp in Calais, three days into a French operation to demolish it. It was unclear who set the dozens […]
Channel 4 presenter says hijab ruling means it’s ‘open season’ on Muslims
theguardian: by Matthew Weaver — Newsreader Fatima Manji condemns decision by press regulator Ipso as ‘fundamentally flawed’ in appeal Fatima Manji. Ipso ruled that in the context of the Nice attack, MacKenzie had a right to question her headdress under free speech. Photograph: Twitter The presenter Fatima Manji has questioned […]
France starts clearing ‘jungle’ migrant camp in Calais
Reuters International OCT 24, 2016 – 11:03 Migrants with their belongings queue as their evacuation and transfer to reception centers in France, and the dismantlement of the camp called the “Jungle” in Calais, France, starts October 24, 2016. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer (reuters_tickers) By Matthias Blamont CALAIS, France (Reuters) – France began […]
Child refugee arrivals in UK ‘sparks last-minute panic’ because Home Office refused to make plan
Growing anger after some children are placed in foster care – and even a detention centre – because background checks on family members have not been carried out Rob Merrick Dep @Rob_Merrick The refugee camp in Calais, which is due to be demolished tomorrow Getty The arrival of child refugees […]
Move UK border from France to Britain
Source: CNN A leading French presidential candidate says he will move his country’s border with Britain to the UK, amid concerns about the backlog of British-bound illegal migrants on French soil.Alain Juppé, a center-right former prime minister who is considered a frontrunner in next year’s elections, told journalists that he […]
Syria now on the table as Putin comes to Berlin
Source: The Local France on Tuesday confirmed that the French, Russian and German leaders will hold a “working meeting” on the Syrian crisis in Berlin, in addition to discussing the ongoing conflict in Ukraine with the country’s president, Petro Poroshenko. Host Chancellor Angela Merkel said the Ukraine talks would be aimed at “offering a brutally […]
François Hollande: France has ‘a problem with Islam’
Source: The Guardian François Hollande made the comments during more than 60 interviews with two Le Monde journalists. Photograph: Reuters By Kim Willsher in Paris The French president, François Hollande, has […]
Pope agrees to expedite sainthood process for murdered priest
Reuters International OCT 2, 2016 – Archbishop of Rouen Dominique Lebrun is seen next to a picture of Father Jacques Hamel, the French priest knifed to death at his altar by Islamist militants in July, during a media conference at the Vatican, September 14, 2016. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini (reuters_tickers) PARIS (Reuters) […]
France begins aicraft carrier airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Mosul
By Andrew V. Pestano | Sept. 30, 2016 at 11:07 AM French Rafale fighter jets on Friday began launching attacks against the Islamic State in Iraq from the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier in the eastern Mediterranean Sea to support Iraqi security forces ahead of the battle for Mosul. Photo […]
An apology from Francois Hollande won’t absolve France of its responsibility for Arab Harkis
Now France has marched down the road of absolution for its collaboration with the Nazis, it’s time to close the Algerian chapter. But there’s a problem – its modern army of Egyptian workers Robert Fisk @indyvoices Now here is a deeply contemporary story. When the Frenchabandoned Algeria in 1962, they also […]