BIRMINGHAM, England (AA) – UK-based advocacy group CAGE’s Managing Director Muhammad Rabbani was denied entry into Poland, where he was to speak at a conference, at France’s request. In a statement, CAGE said that Rabbani was due to deliver “another critical speech against France’s state-sponsored Islamophobia, as he had done last ...
MOSCOW (AA) – Azerbaijan has condemned France’s plans to sign an agreement that would allow the delivery of military equipment to Armenia. “The efforts to supply Armenia with weaponry in every possible way and the instigation of this country for another aggression and military adventure by France are unacceptable,” an Azerbaijani Foreign...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanon has been unable to elect a new president since Michel Aoun left office in October 2022. France sought to mediate between Lebanese political forces, sending its envoy Jean Yves Le Drian twice to the country in a bid to end the deadlock. The efforts, however, did not yield any results. […]
ATHENS (AA) — France’s ambassador in Niger has left the West African country, French media reported on Wednesday. The plane carrying Sylvain Itte and six others left the country early in the morning, according to the daily Le Figaro, which added that the aircraft was flying in the direction of eastern neighbor Chad. Itte’s departur...
PARIS (AA) – France will look into how its embassy in Niger is operating once Ambassador Sylvain Itte returns, a French Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said Tuesday. Responding to Anadolu’s question during a weekly news conference, Anne-Claire Legendre said during the 78th UN General Assembly, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna...
GENEVA (AA) – No one has a say in what women should wear, a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) spokeswoman said on Tuesday, weighing in on France’s recent ban on headscarves for athletes in next year’s Olympic games. “In general, the Human Rights Office says that no one should impose on a woman […]
PARIS (AA) – French athletes will not be allowed to wear headscarf in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, the country’s sports minister has said. Appearing at a show on France 3 TV on Sunday, Amelie Oudea-Castera expressed support for “strict secularism” and said that no member of the French delegation would be allowed to […]...
LONDON (AA) – France’s highest court has again ruled that the government ban on the abaya (a long, loose outer garment worn by Muslim women) is legal. The Council of State said it had rejected an appeal by three organizations against the government ban announced last month on the abaya. Last week, the Sud Education […]
Paris, France – AFP President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday announced that France would withdraw its ambassador from Niger, followed by the French military contingent in the coming months, a move welcomed by Niger’s military leaders as a “step towards sovereignty”. Macron’s announcement comes two months after a coup i...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – The military junta in Mali has said that presidential elections scheduled for February 2024 for a return to civilian power will be postponed. The two rounds, set for February 4 and 18, 2024, “will be slightly postponed for technical reasons” including financial difficulties for review of voter lists, g...
