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Great Mosque of Paris (Shutterstock)

February 19th, 2019 - 09:46 GMT

France Closes 7 Mosques Under 2018 ‘Anti-Terror Law’

French authorities have closed seven mosques within one year and policies based on suspicion, restriction and exclusion come under harsh criticism by Muslims in France.

The United Nations welcomed the court's decision, said Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, noting that the UN stood for "the need for people's personal dignity and person to be respected." (AFP/File)

August 26th, 2016 - 08:56 GMT

Ban the ban: French court rules burkini ban a violation of basic freedom

The app did not send its first notification until over three hours after the Tunisian drove down the Promenade des Anglais seaside boulevard on Bastille Day. (AFP/File)

July 17th, 2016 - 08:45 GMT

French security alert app fails during Daesh-claimed attack in Nice

Dutch foreign minister Bert Koenders is seen at a conference in Ankara. (AFP/File)

May 27th, 2016 - 07:00 GMT

Netherlands rejects Israeli calls to ban BDS movement

The Zaghari-Ratcliffe family. (Courtesy photo)

May 12th, 2016 - 05:00 GMT

British man makes public appeal to free British-Iranian wife and daughter held in Iran

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. (AFP/Abbas Momani)

April 21st, 2016 - 04:00 GMT

France pressuring Abbas to drop UN resolution to freeze settlements

Belgian security forces stand guard outside the Brussels Palace of Justice on November 20, as two suspects appeared to answer charges in connection over the attacks in Paris. (AFP/Nicolas Lambert)

March 22nd, 2016 - 01:42 GMT

EU ramps up security following Brussels attacks

An Iranian migrant with sewn lips holds a placard reading "we are humans" as he protests during the demolition of the southern part of the so-called "Jungle" migrant camp, on March 2, 2016, in Calais. (AFP/Philippe Huguen)

March 3rd, 2016 - 01:00 GMT

Calais migrants sew lips shut to protest treatment in the ‘Jungle’ camp

Agents dismantle shelters on February 29, 2016 in the "jungle" migrants and refugees camp in Calais, northern France. (AFP/Philippe Huguen)

February 29th, 2016 - 12:00 GMT

French police begin demolishing Calais ‘Jungle’ migrant camp

Participants hold flags and a banner during an anti-immigration rally organized by an initiative called "Stop Islamisation of Europe" and backed by the far-right "People's Party-Our Slovakia" on September 12, 2015 in Bratislava, Slovakia. (AFP/Samuel Kubani)

February 24th, 2016 - 08:13 GMT

Amnesty International decries Europe’s stance on refugees as ‘shameful’

Palestinians hold national flags during a march on Feb. 19, 2016 in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah, to mark the 11th anniversary of their uprising against the separation barrier and the construction of Israel settlements. (AFP/Abbas Momani)

February 22nd, 2016 - 04:00 GMT

PLO: Palestine welcomes French-sponsored peace talks

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January 22nd, 2016 - 12:32 GMT

France to extend state of emergency until Daesh is defeated: PM

Noor Jordan for Transport-Taxi Moumayaz will also operate 100 electric vehicles in Amman that will be introduced into the market gradually. (File photo)

January 5th, 2016 - 09:00 GMT

All hail Jordan's new environmentally and female-friendly taxis