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Female circumcision is illegal in over twenty countries world wide

15/06/2013 - France - Africa

Joint statement warning of female circumcision during summer holidays

With summer vacation just around the corner and many French children visiting family in their countries of origin, a joint statement has been issued by a collection of female organisations ...

A woman looks at a memorial for the Halabja victims

11/06/2013 - France - Iraq

Iraqi Kurds sue French companies for Halabja chemical attack

Twenty Iraqi Kurds have taken legal action to expose French firms who supplied poison gas to Saddam Hussein in 1988.

West Bank Jewish settlement of Efrat, near Bethlehem on 17 March, 2013

11/06/2013 - Report: Palestine

West Bank settlement construction at seven-year high

Jewish settlement construction in the West Bank is at its highest for seven years, the Israeli NGO Peace Now says in a new report, which comes as US Secretary of State John Kerry’s efforts ...

Tunisian police arrrest the topless Femen activists on 29 May

05/06/2013 - Tunisia - France - Germany

French, German women face court for Tunisia topless protest

Two French women and a German went on trial in Tunisia on Wednesday for holding a topless anti-Islamist protest in the capital, Tunis.

Civilians search for survivors after an attack attributed to the Syrian army in Damsacus last month

05/06/2013 - France - Syria

France claims proof of Assad regime sarin gas use

France says it has hard evidence the Syrian government has used chemical weapons in the civil war.

04/06/2013 - Report: Palestine

Prime minister? What prime minister? Palestinians unmoved by Hamdullah appointment

In a surprise appointment late on Sunday night, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas named Rami Hamdullah as the new prime minister.

François Hollande speaks to RFI, France 24 andTV 5 Monde.

31/05/2013 - Interview: French president speaks to RFI

France to tighten spying on jihadis after soldier attack, Hollande tells RFI

France is to improve its tracking of radical Islamists, following Saturday’s attack on a French soldier in Paris, French President François Hollande said in an exclusive interview ...

31/05/2013 - Interview: Palestinian territories - Syria

Palestinian group to fight Syrian rebels in Golan

An armed Palestinian group has formed special brigades to fight in the Golan Heights to undermine efforts to topple Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad. The Popular Front for the Liberation of ...