Abidjan, Ivory Coast — AFP Germany can no longer cooperate militarily with Niger because of a lack of “trust” in relations, German Foreign Affairs Minister Annalena Baerbock has said. Germany already announced on July 6 that it will end operations at its airbase in Niger and pull out its remaining three-dozen troops by August...
NICE, France (AA) – The arrest in France of political scientist Francois Burgat who has advocated for Palestine has sparked a strong backlash in the country. Burgat, a renowned political scientist who supports the cause of besieged Gaza, was placed in custody over alleged “advocacy of terrorism,” his lawyer said. The European Jewish Organizati...
ANKARA (AA) – France is deeply concerned over the recent Israeli strikes on schools in Gaza, according to an official statement. The French Foreign Ministry recalled that the attack on Al-Awda school on Tuesday was the third one aiming at a school for displaced children since Saturday. A school affiliated with the UN agency for Palestini...
ISTANBUL (AA) – For France, the writing seems to be on the wall: the general elections starting this Sunday could well bring the far-right to power. Not only would that plunge the country into uncharted political territory, but for minority communities, especially Muslims, it could prove to be a death knell. That realization is not […]...
A new book reveals that a number of French Muslims are leaving France for countries like the UK and Canada because of rising Islamophobia. Co-author of “France, Loving It But Leaving It,” Olivier Esteves, connects the exodus to France’s political shift toward the far-right in recent years. The book’s interviews and surveys of 1,00...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Azerbaijan has slammed France for signing a contract to sell CAESAR self-propelled howitzers to Armenia. “The fact that France, despite the warnings of the Azerbaijani side, has supplied Armenia with lethal and assault artillery installations and other types of weapons is further evidence of France’s provocative activitie...
Paris, France — AFP Frenchman Louis Arnaud has returned to Paris after his release from a more than 20-month prison stay in Iran. Activists and some Western governments, including France, accuse Iran of exercising a strategy of taking foreign nationals as “hostages” to pursue their interests. Arnaud was held in Iran in Septem...
GENEVA (AA) – Far-right parties have made significant gains in the EU parliamentary elections, although the mainstream parties retained control of the 705-member parliament. The turnout in the European Parliament elections is predicted to be %48.8. According to the latest data, Luxembourg holds the highest voter turnout with 82.3%, while...
ARNOUVILLE, France (AA) – A French opposition lawmaker has urged President Emmanuel Macron’s government to decolonize New Caledonia where violent protests erupted in mid-May after Paris passed a constitutional reform aimed at reducing the indigenous Kanaks’ electoral influence, killing at least seven people. Carlos Martens Bi...
ISTANBUL (AA) — Several municipalities in France turned off lights at their city hall buildings in order to honor civilians Israel killed in the Gaza Strip. Marseille Mayor Benoit Payan launched the campaign in response to recent Israeli attacks on the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza strip. “The horror of the murderous strikes [&helli...
