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France registers 38,619 coronavirus cases, 270 deaths over past 24 hours

France registered 38,619 Covid-19 cases and 270 related deaths over the past 24 hours, data from the health authorities showed

France coronavirus update: Daily infections top 60,000, an all-time high

France confirmed a new record of 60,486 Covid-19 cases within 24 hours, beating Thursday's tally of 58,046 cases, official data showed

French military forces killed 50 Islamic extremists in Mali, say officials

Defense Minister Florence Parly tweeted Monday night that the French force in the region also confiscated weapons and equipment from the fighters in the operation last Friday

Urdu poet Munawwar Rana booked over remarks on France killings

Rana had made the controversial comments in an interview to a news channel after three people were killed in a knife attack at a church in Nice last week

French schools reopen under tight security after beheading of teacher

French schools reopened for the first time since the beheading of a teacher who opened a class debate on free speech by showing students caricatures of the prophet of Islam

Europe's coronavirus woes multiply with leaders drifting to lockdowns

Bars, restaurants, leisure facilities and cultural venues have to close in Germany starting Monday, while schools and most shops can remain open

Erdogan's assault on Macron aims to divert eyes away from his own misrule

France is constitutionally Islamophobic, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claims.

Nice, France attack: Tunisian killer had no red flags and travelled freely

The missing red flag meant that when he eventually was served an expulsion order from Italy, which he reached illegally by boat, he was basically free to go where he pleased.

Foreign secretary holds dialogue with French minister on strategic ties

They discussed the growing strategic ties between the two countries.

Jamiat slams France President Macron's stance on publication of caricatures

Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind condemned Macron's stand on publication of caricatures of Prophet Muhammad

Shekhar Gupta: 5 reasons for crisis in global Islam

If millions of Muslims across the world feel they are victims of mass Islamophobia, their holy prophet shown deliberate disrespect, it is a sense of crisis and siege

Second pandemic wave? Five key coronavirus updates you should know

France will go into national lockdown starting from Friday to stem the second wave of the coronavirus epidemic, President Emmanuel Macron announced on Wednesday evening

Twitter deletes Mahathir Mohamad's tweet for glorifying violence in France

Twitter removed former Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad's tweet, for violating its rules banning the glorification of violence, shortly after a violent knife attack in Nice, which left three people dead

Europe gears up for more economic pain as Covid refuses to die down

The latest measures to address the second wave of Covid-19 infections in Europe could lead to higher unemployment

Three dead as woman beheaded in attack in French church; security hiked

A defiant President Emmanuel Macron, declaring that France had been subject to an Islamist terrorist attack, said he would deploy thousands more soldiers to protect important French sites

India stands with France in fight against terrorism, says PM Modi

PM Modi strongly condemned the recent terrorist attacks in France, including the heinous attack inside a church in Nice, and asserted that India stands with the country in the fight against terrorism

France braces for monthlong lockdown as coronavirus deaths mount

French doctors expressed relief but business owners were in despair as France prepared Thursday to shut down again for a month to try to put the brakes on a fast-moving fall coronavirus outbreak

India strongly supports France against radical Islamism, says MEA

India has come out strongly in support of France which has risen against radical Islamism following the beheading of a teacher by a Muslim immigrant two weeks ago

France to go back into nationwide lockdown as Covid second wave hits hard

France will go into national lockdown starting from Friday to stem the second wave of the coronavirus epidemic, President Emmanuel Macron announced on Wednesday evening

France braces for another possible lockdown as coronavirus deaths mount

France is bracing for a potential new lockdown as the president prepares a televised address aimed at stopping a fast-rising tide of virus patients filling French hospitals and a growing death toll