France

France's polarised road to 2027: Repression, racism and the rise of the far right

With protests curbed, minorities targeted and the left delegitimised, the mainstreaming of far-right ideas is bringing Marine Le Pen closer than ever to power

Can the world withstand another winter of war?

Marco Carnelos

France Tensions

Paris protests are not about Islam. They're about France

Soumaya Ghannoushi

Macron told to not let Bahrain 'buy France's silence' as he tours Gulf

Iran warns citizens against travel to France, Belgium and Italy amid violent unrest

French authorities struggle to regain control after weekend of protests

European Council warns companies not to finance Israel's E1 West Bank settlement construction

Algeria bans foreign curricula in private schools and makes Arabic mandatory

Iran-Israel tensions

How Iran attacks exposed Israel's weakness

David Hearst

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Pro-Palestine marches held in European cities on Land Day

The far-right plot to destroy a French film about police violence

Twenty years on, the French hijab ban is normalised across the political spectrum

Rayan Freschi

Israel's genocide in Gaza

In the West, Israel never initiates violence, it only 'retaliates'

Joseph Massad

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Louis Vuitton embroiled in Gaza row over 'watermelon' T-shirt

Gaza Under Attack

French newspaper Liberation accused of racism over cartoon mocking starving Palestinians

Ramadan 2024: When does the holy month start and why do Muslims fast?

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Red Sea attacks are rooted in western colonialism and piracy

Hicham Safieddine

How did the Ottoman caliphate come to an end?

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Jewish opposition to Israel is as old as Zionism itself

Joseph Massad

Turkey arrests Syrian activist for allegedly spying for French intelligence