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Female students will no longer be allowed to wear the loose-fitting abaya dress favoured by some Muslim women, Sky News reports. The move comes almost 20 years after France banned headscarves from state schools. According to the media platform, Children in French state schools will no longer be allowed to wear the abaya, a long […]
Nine bodies were found and two people were missing Wednesday after a fire in France tore through holiday lodging for a group of adults with learning disabilities, an incident the president called a “tragedy”. The fire at the timbered residence in the eastern town of Wintzenheim struck deep in the night with those on the […]
France will begin evacuating its nationals from Niger on Tuesday, the foreign ministry said, after a coup last week toppled the country’s pro-Western leader. The decision to move citizens out was prompted by attacks on the French embassy in Niamey, and the closure of Niger’s airspace which made regular departures impossible, the ministry said […]
More than 700 people have been sentenced to prison over riots in France late last month, the country’s justice minister, Eric Dupond-Moretti, said Wednesday, lauding the “firm” response of magistrates. In total, 1,278 verdicts have been handed down, with over 95 percent of defendants convicted on a range of charges from vandalism to attacking […]
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