Tag: france
Mayor of Paris District Agrees With Generals Threatening to Seize Control Amid ‘Civil War’ Danger
Europe12:24 GMT 30.04.2021(updated 12:43 GMT 30.04.2021) A group of over 1,200 French generals, officers, service members and police personnel signed an open...
US Pledges ‘All Available Tools’ to Support Somalia’s Farmaajo as Term Extension Bid Crumbles
Africa23:12 GMT 27.04.2021The African Horn nation of Somalia has large mineral and hydrocarbon reserves, including petroleum and uranium, but decades of brutal war...
French Defence Minister Slams Marine Le Pen for Hailing Retired Soldiers’ Anti-Islamism Drive
Europe07:23 GMT 26.04.2021In an open letter to President Emmanuel Macron late last week, former French military personnel urged him to act against the...
IAF Chief in France: Flags off four Rafale aircraft for India
Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria on Wednesday flagged off four Rafale fighter jets for India from a military airbase in...
‘Technically a Coup’: Chad’s Military Suspends Constitution as Slain President Deby’s Son Takes Over
Chad is just one of several African nations on which former colonial powers have kept tight reins through military cooperation, debt diplomacy, and multinational...
Videos of ‘Pakistani Troops’ Backing Islamist Group Behind Anti-France Protests Appear Online
Asia & Pacific07:19 GMT 19.04.2021(updated 08:11 GMT 19.04.2021) Just days after Pakistan's government banned the radical Islamist outfit Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) under...
Ex-‘Daesh Propaganda Tool’ Copies Shamima Begun, Opts for Westernized Makeover to Plead Her Case
Shamima Begum, who fled the UK in her teens to marry a jihad soldier in 2015, recently abandoned her traditional Islamic garb at a...
Shamima Begum Allegedly Seen at Refugee Camp ‘Bank’ Suspected of Handling Cash From Supporters
Shamima Begum, the teen who fled the UK at 15 to hitch up with a jihad soldier in Syria in 2015, was earlier pictured...
Quad navies participating in France-led exercise in eastern Indian Ocean region
Months after navies of the member nations of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, the Quad, participated in Malabar wargaming exercise in November, navies and aircraft...
Suez Canal: Past Fiascos That Caused Maritime Traffic Gridlocks
It's hoped that the Ever Given, currently stuck in the Suez Canal and causing a massive backlog of ships, will be refloated this weekend....
West’s Cynical Concern For Myanmar
Columnists18:14 GMT 14.03.2021(updated 18:25 GMT 14.03.2021) The three Western powers on the United Nations Security Council have been highlighting concern for human...
Russia ‘Better Prepared’ Than NATO for Large-Scale War, Swedish Military Report Concludes
Europe06:28 GMT 12.03.2021Despite NATO's elevated military spending and its positioning of troops further eastward and closer to Russia, Russia still has the edge...
Switzerland Set to Vote in National Referendum on ‘Burqa Ban’
Society18:20 GMT 02.03.2021The legislative initiative, which is currently up for a vote, doesn’t explicitly state that Muslim women residing in Switzerland are targeted,...
Turkey’s Erdogan Rips ‘Systemic Racism’ in Europe, Blasts Islamophobia
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan earlier engaged in a verbal rant on issues related to Islam's status in Europe with French President Emmanuel Macron,...
Man of Two Minds: Pompeo Simultaneously Praises, Pans Biden’s Syria Strikes
Middle East13:50 GMT 26.02.2021(updated 14:22 GMT 26.02.2021) On Thursday night, the US launched the first Syria attack of the Biden presidency, targeting...
‘Same Old People’: Algerians Take to Streets to Mark Two Years Since Mass ‘Hirak’ Protests – Videos
Africa20:12 GMT 23.02.2021During Algeria’s 2019 Hirak protests, the largest demonstrations were typically held on Tuesdays. While the COVID-19 pandemic put a damper on...
