ALGIERS (AFP) - (AFP) - A suicide bomb attack on a police station in eastern Algeria early Sunday wounded more than 30 people, including two Chinese nationals, the French language daily El Watan reported online.
Mohamed Nedir, director of the university hospital in Tizi Ouzou, around 100 kilometres (60 miles) east of the capital Algiers said eight policemen were among the injured.
A journalist [...]
AMMAN (AFP) - (AFP) - Around 100 people demonstrated on Wednesday outside the French embassy in Amman, demanding the resignation of the AFP bureau chief in the Jordanian capital.
"We want AFP offices closed," chanted the protesters who gathered at the call of MP Yehia Saud, who organised Tuesday a demonstration outside AFP offices to urge the government to take legal action against bureau chief [...]
ASHDOD, Israel (AFP) - (AFP) - Israel commandos on Tuesday boarded a French yacht heading for Gaza in defiance of its naval blockade, and escorted it to shore after what the military said was an uneventful takeover.
An army spokesman confirmed the interception of the MV Dignite/Al Karama took place without violence and said that the crew and passengers were put on an Israeli naval [...]
ZINTAN, Libya (AFP) - (AFP) - Rebels fighting to encircle Moamer Kadhafi in Tripoli faced stiff resistance on Monday, coming under rocket attack south of the capital as France said it has made indirect contact with Libya's regime.
The clashes came around Gualish, which the rebels overran four days ago as they launched a NATO-backed offensive aimed at pushing the front line closer to [...]
DAMASCUS (AFP) - (AFP) - Angry mobs stormed the American and French embassies in Syria on Monday, after the two Western envoys visited the city of Hama, a flashpoint for protests against President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
The foreign ministry in Paris said three French staff were wounded in the embassy attack, while a US official said "no staff were injured."
Guards at the French [...]
JERUSALEM (AFP) - (AFP) - A lone French yacht with 12 people on board was on Wednesday the only vessel from a 10-ship flotilla to be heading for the Gaza Strip after the remaining vessels were tied up by red tape in Greece.
The MV Dignite/Al Karama, which left Greek waters early on Tuesday, was heading slowly towards Gaza, a spokesman for the French Boat to Gaza campaign told AFP, saying they h [...]
MADRID (AFP) - (AFP) - The new head of a 43-nation Mediterranean union said Tuesday he will support Arab Spring reforms while insisting the West can no longer dictate terms for democracy.
The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), which has struggled since its birth in 2008 to deal with tensions in the Middle East, now faces upheaval in its Arab member states.
"In 2008 the situation was tota [...]
BRUSSELS (AFP) - (AFP) - The European Union on Tuesday banned Egyptian fenugreek seeds linked to E.coli outbreaks in Germany and France and slapped a temporary ban on the import of all seeds and beans from the country.
The decision followed a report earlier in the day from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) linking a batch of Egyptian fenugreek seeds to outbreaks in the two c [...]
ATHENS (AFP) - (AFP) - A French motor yacht slipped out of Greek waters Tuesday in an attempt to break Israeli's naval blockade on Gaza, reviving an international campaign that appeared to have ground to a halt.
The "Dignite al Karama" is so far the only boat in a planned flotilla organised by pro-Palestinian activists to set sail from Greece, after the authorities there blocked oth [...]
BAMAKO (AFP) - (AFP) - Al-Qaeda's north African branch, currently holding four French hostages, has welcomed news that hundreds of French soldiers will be pulling out of Afghanistan, a source close to the mediation said Friday.
"The announcement of the coming departure of hundreds of French soldiers from Afghanistan has been well received by the kidnappers of the four French hostage [...]
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