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A man looks at campaign posters of the 11th candidates who run in the 2017 French presidential election in Enghien-les-Bains, near Paris, France. (Reuters)

Ballot Boxes Open in French Presidential Elections

by Michel Abu Najm | Apr 23, 2017 | World

Paris – The French presidential elections got underway on Sunday with voters heading to 67,000 ballot boxes distributed throughout the country in wake of the dark shadow of the terrorist attack that hit Paris on Thursday night. Given the serious threats, the French...

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French police secure a street as members of special forces carried out counterterrorism swoop at different locations in Argenteuil, a suburb north of Paris. (Reuters/Charles Platiau)

France Arrests 7 Suspects, Foils Terror Attack

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Nov 21, 2016 | Middle East, World

French police have broken up a terror ring over the weekend and foiled a planned attack, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Monday. Seven people of French, Moroccan and Afghan origin and aged from 29 to 37 years, were arrested in all, two in Marseille and...

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Flags fly at half-mast in memory of victims the day after a truck ran into a crowd at high speed killing scores and injuring more who were celebrating the Bastille Day national holiday, in Nice. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

A Surly Misfit with no Terror Links Turned a Truck into a Tank

by Andrew Higgins | Jul 18, 2016 | World

Nice-He lived on the 12th floor of a high rise in a heavily immigrant housing project and was known to his neighbors only as a moody and aggressive oddball. He never went to the local mosque, often grunted in response to greetings of “bonjour” and sometimes beat his...

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French police in Magnanville, a suburb some 60 km west of Paris. Reuters

2 French Police Killed in ‘Terrorist’ Attack Claimed by ISIS

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 14, 2016 | World

A suspected extremist with a past terrorist conviction stabbed a French police commander to death outside his home and later killed his partner in an attack claimed by ISIS and denounced by the government as “an abject act of terrorism.” The attacker, a...

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Cameron Warns, Britain “faces influx of Asylum Seekers” if it Leaves EU

Cameron Warns, Britain “faces influx of Asylum Seekers” if it Leaves EU

by Mina Al-Droubi | Feb 9, 2016 | World

London- British Prime Minister, David Cameron said it was “perfectly feasible” that France would end existing border arrangements with Britain, leading to “thousands of asylum-seekers pitching up in southeast England if the country votes to leave the...