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Rebuffing controversial statements by France's president about the colonial period in Algeria, the nation's parliament Saturday said that on a single day in 1961, some 300 peaceful Algerians were...

"Little Amal", the 3.5-metre-tall puppet depicting the journey of a Syrian refugee, arrived in the French capital on Wednesday

Comparing grotesque crimes against humanity, while trying to work out which are the worst, is a wretched task. Acts of profound evil have implications well beyond their direct victims,...

Behind the recent flare-up of tensions between France and Algeria exists a troubled past, in which causes for such tension have been lurking for decades, just awaiting some trigger...

When Jana returns home from studying abroad in Paris, her hometown Beirut is not what she remembers. A disappearing view of the sea at her parents' house and a...

French Foreign Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian reiterated, on Tuesday, "the unwavering respect for Algerian sovereignty", amid the tension that prevails in relations between Paris and Algiers, particularly regarding colonial...

Macron apologised to the Rwandan state and people for the crimes of his country and its silence over the massacres, so why does he not apologise to Algeria and...

The UAE has been named the most desirable country to live in by Arab youth for the 10th consecutive year according to this year's ASDA'A Arab Youth Survey released...

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett yesterday revealed plans to bring 500,000 Jewish immigrants from the US, South America and France to Israel, local media reported. Speaking at a Ynet conference marking...

France's Donald Trump wannabe is leading the country's Islamophobic charge by promising to ban children from being named Muhammad if he becomes president. The meteoric rise of Eric Zemmour...

Again, Emmanuel Macron returns to chasing conservative right wing votes through diving deep into dark French history in Algeria. However, this time, his attempt proved his poor knowledge of...

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said yesterday that the return of the Algerian ambassador to France was "conditional on total respect for the Algerian state", Ennahar TV reported. "We can't act like...

More than 1,000 people have crossed the English Channel in two days, according to the Home Office. The Channel is the busiest shipping lane in the world and separates...

The General Assembly of Algerian Contractors, an economic employers' association, yesterday announced that it had decided to boycott the imports of 500 French companies following French President Emmanuel Macron's...

Syrian regime President Bashar Al-Assad has allowed his uncle back into the country after a decades-long exile in France, news reports revealed on Friday, noting that Al-Assad allowed his...

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu today slammed French President Emmanuel Macron's "extremely wrong", "populist" comments on Turkey and Algeria over colonialism. Speaking at a news conference in the Ukrainian capital Kiev...

French President Emmanuel Macron today called on Algeria to calm down and resume diplomatic cooperation with Paris. Macron said in statements that he hoped the diplomatic tension with Algeria...

Former diplomat Mohamed Larbi Zitout, an official in the Algerian opposition movement, Rachad, has said that the main reason for French President Emmanuel Macron's attack on Algeria is the...

Sources have told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that plans are underway to improve a secret cooperation agreement between Egypt and Italy in which Cairo will continue to accept returned refugees attempting to reach...

Tunisia's President Kais Saied has signed four contracts with French oil and gas companies within a week, a parliamentarian announced yesterday. Safi Saïd told local media that the pacts...

Algeria on Saturday issued a statement that condemned the French president's remarks on the colonial past, reports Anadolu Agency. The statement by the Algerian Presidency that was broadcast on...

Algeria has recalled its ambassador to France for consultations after what it called "irresponsible" comments attributed to French President Emmanuel Macron, Algeria's presidency said on Saturday, reports Reuters. "Following...

Greece signed a multibillion-dollar military agreement with France, media reports have said. President Emmanuel Macron and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met in Elysee Palace to announce the deal...

The Algerian Foreign Ministry said yesterday that it "deplores" the French authorities' decision to reduce the number of visas issued to its citizens, on the eve of their discussions...

Iran must return to talks with world powers over its 2015 nuclear deal to avoid a diplomatic escalation that could jeopardize the negotiations, a French presidency official said on...

Lebanon has had a rough ride over the past year: the failure to secure a viable government; the catastrophic Beirut blast; then the economic crash which caused its currency...

When Australia cancelled its French submarine deal and replaced it with a US nuclear submarine deal, Switzerland followed a similar path, deciding to buy the F-35 aircraft from America...

The number of first-time asylum seekers to the European Union has more than doubled over the spring months, Reuters said a report released today by the bloc's statistics office revealed. Nearly...

Civil society organisations yesterday filed a lawsuit at the Administrative Court of Paris against the French government's arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE. A joint statement by...

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian held "thorough and confident" talks with Iraq's President Barham Salih late yesterday, wrote Le Drian on his Twitter page, Reuters reported. "Following on from the Baghdad conference...

Activists from Morocco have launched an online campaign to adopt English instead of French in education, describing the latter as "outdated". This comes days before the start of the...

France will host an international conference on Libya in November as the country prepares for elections at the end of December, Reuters reported Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said yesterday. Co-hosted...