Belgium culls 151,000 chickens after Europe’s latest bird flu outbreak on farm near French border
A Belgian chicken farm reported Europe’s latest outbreak of highly infectious H5N5 bird flu on Friday, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said in an alert. Thousands of birds have been culled as More...
French PM Castex seeks to push back regional elections by 3 months due to coronavirus
French Prime Minister Jean Castex will back a recommendation to delay regional elections by several months, after a report submitted to his office concluded that holding the contest as scheduled could endanger public More...
Photo of French Teacher’s Killer Found in Nice Attacker’s Phone, Reports Say
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A photo of the teenager who beheaded a teacher near Paris was found in the cellphone of the Nice knifeman, the French anti-terrorist prosecutor’s office said on Friday. Sputnik News – More...
French forces kill senior North Africa Al-Qaeda operative in Mali – minister
Bah ag Moussa, a military leader of Al-Qaeda’s North Africa wing, was killed during an operation carried out by French troops in northeastern Mali, Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly said on Friday. Also known More...
French Interior Minister Calls For Observing Virus-Related Restrictions Amid Violations
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin on Thursday urged the population to observe rules guiding the nationwide lockdown, after numerous violations of the regime were reported. Sputnik More...
French Foreign Minister Visits Egypt to Ease Tensions Between Paris and Muslim World
Relations between France and Muslim countries have soured since President Emmanuel Macron condemned the gruesome murder of a French schoolteacher in a Paris suburb and vowed to fight radical Islam and Islamist separatism. Sputnik More...
French muslims enraged by Borat bus posters featuring mankini-clad character wearing ‘Allah’ ring
With religious tensions running high following recent terror attacks, Muslims in France are up in arms over bus posters for the latest Borat film, which show the Kazakhstan character wearing a ring bearing the word More...
French Police Detain Suspect Week After Attack on Orthodox Priest, Reports Say
The priest was shot in Lyon last Saturday, shortly after a gruesome stabbing attack in the Notre-Dame basilica in Nice and the assassination of Parisian teacher Samuel Paty by a radicalised teenager earlier in October. Sputnik More...
Over Half of Young French Muslims Prefer Sharia to French Republic Laws, Poll Finds
French President Emmanuel Macron stepped up efforts to combat Islamist ideology in recent weeks in the wake of a series of terrorist attacks across multiple several cities. This week, responding to criticism from More...
‘We are essential!’ French business owners & workers stage Covid lockdown protest in Toulouse (VIDEO)
Wearing masks and clad in black, hundreds of small business owners and workers took to the streets of Toulouse, France, to stage a visually striking protest against coronavirus lockdown measures. Protests against More...
