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Thu, October 22, 2020 | 03:57

France ramps up anti-extremism campaign in wake of beheading

France ramps up anti-extremism campaign in wake of beheading

French President Emmanuel Macron promised on Tuesday to intensify a clampdown on Islamist extremism in France days after the country was stunned by the beheading of a history teacher in a quiet Paris suburb. Police have carried out dozens of raids and the government has ordered the six-month closure of a mosque and plans to dissolve a group that supports Palestinian militant ...

2020-10-21 10:36

NATO to set up new space center amid China, Russia concerns

NATO to set up new space center amid China, Russia concerns

To a few of the locals, the top-secret, fenced-off installation on the hill is known as “the radar station.” Some folks claim to have seen mysterious Russians in the area. Over the years, rumors have swirled that it might be a base for U.S. nuclear warheads.

2020-10-20 20:32

French police target Islamist networks after teacher's beheading

French police target Islamist networks after teacher's beheading

French police have conducted a series of raids targeting Islamist networks, three days after the beheading of a history teacher who had shown his pupils a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin vowed there would be "not a minute's respite for enemies of the Republic", after tens of thousands took part in rallies countrywide on Sunday to honour teac...

2020-10-20 11:40

Copenhagen mayor resigns as #MeToo wave swells

Copenhagen mayor resigns as #MeToo wave swells

Copenhagen mayor Frank Jensen resigned on Monday over growing sexual harassment allegations against him, the latest political casualty in a belated #MeToo wave sweeping Denmark in recent weeks.

2020-10-19 21:12

'We are not afraid': France rallies after beheading of teacher

'We are not afraid': France rallies after beheading of teacher

Tens of thousands of people rallied in Paris and cities across France on Sunday in solidarity with a teacher beheaded for showing pupils cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. Demonstrators on the Place de la Republique held aloft posters declaring: "No to totalitarianism of thought" and "I am a teacher" in memory of murdered colleague Samuel Paty. "You do not scare us. We are not...

2020-10-19 10:50

Global coronavirus cases rise by one-day record of 400,000

Global coronavirus cases rise by one-day record of 400,000

Global coronavirus cases rose by more than 400,000 for the first time late on Friday, a record one-day increase as much of Europe enacts new restrictions to curb the outbreak. Europe, which successfully tamped down the first surge of infections, has emerged as the new coronavirus epicentre in recent weeks and is reporting on average 140,000 cases a day over the past week.

2020-10-18 15:55

France to rally in solidarity, defiance after beheading of teacher

France to rally in solidarity, defiance after beheading of teacher

Rallies in dozens of cities across France were expected Sunday in a show of solidarity and defiance following the decapitation of a teacher outside his school for showing pupils cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. The beheading of history teacher Samuel Paty in a Paris suburb Friday has sparked outrage in France and memories of a wave of Islamist violence in 2015 sparked by car...

2020-10-18 14:30

Teacher beheaded in France: What we know

Teacher beheaded in France: What we know

The beheading of teacher Samuel Paty, who had shown cartoons of the prophet Mohammed to pupils in class, has left France in shock. Here is what we know about the killing on Friday afternoon outside Paris:

2020-10-18 09:35

Nine arrested over France teacher beheading

Nine arrested over France teacher beheading

French police have arrested nine people over the beheading of a teacher near his school in a Paris suburb, a judicial source said on Saturday, in what President Emmanuel Macron labelled an Islamist terror attack. The source said the killing was carried out by an 18-year-old Chechen, who was then shot and killed by police near the scene in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, northwest o...

2020-10-18 09:22

Grisly beheading of teacher in terror attack rattles France

Grisly beheading of teacher in terror attack rattles France

For the second time in three weeks, terror struck France, this time with the gruesome beheading of a history teacher in a street in a Paris suburb. The suspected attacker was shot and killed by police.

2020-10-17 13:07

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