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RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Morocco rejected on Saturday remarks by French Foreign Minister Catherina Colonna who said President Emmanuel Macron will visit Morocco. A government official said Macron has neither an agenda nor a visit planned to Morocco, according to the Moroccan official news agency, MAP. “I am surprised that the French f...
BERLIN (AA ) – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Saturday that Islam belongs to Germany despite growing Islamophobia fueled by propaganda of far-right groups and parties that have exploited the refugee crisis and attempted to stoke fear of immigrants. “Islam, the Muslim religion, Muslim life, Muslim culture have taken root in...
Brussels, Belgium – AFP A Belgian court on Friday handed out sentences ranging up to life in prison to eight men for the 2016 bombings in Brussels, ending the country’s largest-ever criminal trial. The suicide bombings on March 22, 2016, at Brussels’ main airport and on the metro system killed 32 people and were claimed [&hel...
ANKARA (AA) – France is not boycotting African artists, the country’s culture minister has said in response to reports of an order to stop cooperation. French broadcaster BFMTV had reported that a government letter sent to the authorities on Thursday asked to stop collaboration with artists from Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali. “I am extrem...
The Collective to Combat Islamophobia in Europe praised both Sephora and Les Hijabeuses for spotlighting Muslim women in France PARIS, France – A recent advertisement by cosmetics giant Sephora featuring Muslim hijabi female soccer players has sparked a wave of far-right criticism in France. The ad features members of Les Hijabeuses, an ...
BRUSSELS (AA) – The EU has been “surprised” by Tunisia’s decision banning the entry of five lawmakers, an official has said. Speaking to reporters at the European Commission’s daily news briefing, spokesperson for foreign affairs Nabila Massrali said the EU’s diplomatic representation in Tunis received “an official communication” o...
LONDON (AA) – British lawmaker Tobias Ellwood resigned Wednesday as parliament’s defense committee chair after a row about his Afghanistan comments. The Conservative MP had been criticized after he posted a video clip on X in July that said Afghanistan had been “transformed” under the rule of the Taliban. The clip showe...
Tragic rescue comes amid a dramatic spike in migrant arrivals to the Canary Islands By Alyssa McMurtry OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Twelve more people have died amid a spike in journeys from northwestern Africa to Spain’s Canary Islands, a Spanish migration NGO said on Monday. At least 50 people were making the dangerous journey to […]
BRUSSELS (AA) – The EU foreign policy chief said Tuesday that the bloc is working for the release of Swedish EU diplomat Johan Floderus, who has been detained in Iran for more than 500 days. “We are working for his release, for him to regain his freedom,” Josep Borrell said at a plenary session on […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Sometime in 2006, Maria De Cartena decided that she wanted to wear a hijab, the Islamic headscarf. But every morning, staff at her high school in Lyon, France, would force the then-13-year-old to remove it. They would stand at the entrance to make sure she does not step onto the premises with […]
