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November 27, 2020

Belgium tries Iranian diplomat over bomb plot

An Iranian diplomat goes on trial in Belgium on Friday accused of plotting to bomb an opposition rally outside Paris, in a case that has stoked tensions with Tehran. In June 2018 Belgian authorities thwarted what they said was an…
November 26, 2020

French govt signals possible backtrack on ‘police filming’ law

French Prime Minister Jean Castex said Thursday that the government would review the wording of a controversial draft law that would place restrictions on citizens filming the police and publishing the images. In the wake of a new scandal over…
November 26, 2020

France outlaws discrimination based on regional accents

The French lower house of parliament on Thursday approved a law banning discrimination based on a person’s accent, calling the practice “a form of racism”. The text, overwhelmingly adopted by 98 votes to 3, adds accents to the list of…
November 26, 2020

Outcry grows in France after police filmed beating music producer

A video of police beating a black music producer in Paris triggered outrage and condemnation on Thursday, leading to the suspension of several officers and a public backlash that drew in French World Cup football stars. The incident comes after…
November 26, 2020

CORRECTED: New French anger over police violence after music producer beaten

French authorities on Thursday opened an investigation and ordered suspensions of police after they were filmed beating up a black music producer in central Paris in images that sparked new anger over the conduct of the security forces. The images…
November 26, 2020

New French anger over police violence after music producer beaten

French authorities on Tuesday opened an investigation and ordered suspensions of police after they were filmed beating up a black music producer in central Paris in images that sparked new anger over the conduct of the security forces. The images…
November 26, 2020

Azerbaijan lawmakers urge French removal from Karabakh mediation

Azerbaijani lawmakers on Thursday called for France to be expelled from a group mediating in the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute after the French Senate backed the breakaway region’s independence claim. The French upper house on Wednesday adopted a non-binding resolution calling on…
November 26, 2020

French court rejects graft trial delay for ex-president Sarkozy

A Paris court on Thursday rejected a request to postpone the corruption trial for former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and two other defendants, ordering them to appear in person for hearings that will begin Monday. Sarkozy became France’s first modern…
November 26, 2020

French music producer’s beating sparks new anger over police violence

French authorities on Tuesday opened an investigation and ordered suspensions of police after they were filmed beating up a black music producer in central Paris in images that sparked new anger over the conduct of the security forces. The images…

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