France

Avignon, France - Nearly 60 years after the historic debate on racism in the United States, the clash of two brilliant minds, James Baldwin and William F. Buckley Jr., is resurrected on stage at Europe's largest theater festival in…

France has experienced a second consecutive night of unrest as masked protesters, donning balaclavas, set fire to debris and launched fireworks in violent clashes with security forces.According to a report, the demonstrations were…

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, popularly known as MBS, traveled to France on Wednesday to meet with President Emmanuel Macron.“The purpose of the meeting is for Paris to seek increased support from the oil-rich…

UN committee has decried school headscarf ban in FranceAccording to the committee, France violated an international rights treaty when it banned a woman from wearing a headscarf while she studied at a school."The move broke the…

The French Senate has voted to ban hijabs in sports competitions, echoing an already longstanding hijab ban by the French football federation.This was disclosed on Wednesday February 23, 2022, by an American sabre fencer and member of…

France has expressed readiness to lend Sudan $1.5 billion to help the African nation pay off its massive debt to the International Monetary Fund.The Sudan's Finance Minister, Bruno Le Maire, disclosed this on Monday May 17, 2021.…

An Islamic scholar, Dr Bilal Phillips, has condemned the vicious Islamophobic attacks against Muslims in France.While expressing her displeasure about the serial attacks, Philips, who just recovered from Covid-19 infection, said the claim…

A Daesh/ISIS terrorist wanted by France with a red notice has been arrested in southern Turkey.Security sources stated that Police nabbed Soumaya Raissi in the Adana province on Friday October 16, 2020.The source which asked for…

The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that the country's plan to provide medical aid and supplies to the Kurdistan region of Iraq in order to help them fight the coronavirus pandemic.This was disclosed by French Foreign…

Foreign ministers of Jordan, Egypt, France and Germany have said they had discussed how to re-initiate 'a fruitful engagement' between the Israeli and Palestinian sides.The joint statement was released by the German Foreign Ministry after…

A French court in Paris has sentenced former French Prime Minister, François Fillon, to five years in prison, with three suspended, for using public funds to pay his wife and children for work they never performed.His wife, Penelope…

Felicien Kabuga, a man believed to be the major financier of Rwanda’s 1994 genocide have been arrested and detained by the French security forces on Saturday May 16, 2020.After about 26 years since the genocide, Kuga, 84, was found in an…

Brazil has recorded 11,385 new cases of the novel coronavirus.While disclosing this on Wednesday evening, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, stated that the country had taken over from France to become the sixth-worst hit country."It…

French Prime Minister, Edouard Philippe has announced the suspension of professional football events in the country until September.While announcing this on Tuesday April 28, 2020, Philipe stated that, "All events with a gathering of more…

A retired French medical doctor has been tried for several cases of child sexual assault and rape in a nationally unprecedented instance of pedophilia.The trial which started today is considered as France’s worst ever incident of…

Following the rise in death toll in France the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) has announced plan to shut down mosques in the country to contain coronavirus.It was gathered that by Friday next week, all large mosques in places…