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Belgium approves extradition of Paris suspect Abdeslam to France INTERNATIONAL

Belgium approves extradition of Paris suspect Abdeslam to France

Belgian judicial authorities approved the extradition to France of Paris attacks prime suspect Salah Abdeslam, prosecutors said, adding that a date for the transfer had not been set.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Belgian police carry out new raid linked to foiled French terror plot INTERNATIONAL

Belgian police carry out new raid linked to foiled French terror plot

Belgian police on Thursday carried out a new raid in connection with a foiled attack plot in France whose main suspect was charged this week with membership of a terrorist organisation, prosecutors said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Qatar, France sign Rafale jet contract as Dimdex opens ARABIA

Qatar, France sign Rafale jet contract as Dimdex opens

The Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference (Dimdex) 2016, inaugurated by HH the Emir, was the platform for Qatar signing a nearly €6.7bn contract with France to buy 24 Rafale fighter aircraft.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
France extends detention of terror plot suspect INTERNATIONAL

France extends detention of terror plot suspect

A French judge has extended the detention of the main suspect in what officials said was a foiled terror attack, a judicial source said Monday, as European countries remained on high alert following last week's carnage in Brussels.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Student protests against French labour reforms turn violent INTERNATIONAL

Student protests against French labour reforms turn violent

Security forces responded with tear gas Thursday as French students protesting proposed labour reforms hurled bottles at riot police in Paris and the western city of Nantes.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Hollande to meet Paris attack victims after suspect captured INTERNATIONAL

Hollande to meet Paris attack victims after suspect captured

French President Francois Hollande on Monday was set to hold his first formal meeting with victims of the November 13 attacks in Paris, three days after Belgian police captured key suspect Saleh Abdeslam.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Paris attacks suspect Abdeslam spends first night in jail INTERNATIONAL

Paris attacks suspect Abdeslam spends first night in jail

Paris attacks fugitive Salah Abdeslam woke up behind bars on Sunday after spending his first night in jail on charges of "terrorist murder" for his role in orchestrating the worst-ever terror asssault on French soil.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Paris attacks suspect Abdeslam captured in Brussels INTERNATIONAL

Paris attacks suspect Abdeslam captured in Brussels

Top Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam, Europe's most wanted man, was wounded and captured in a dramatic raid by armed police in the Belgian capital on Friday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Doctor urged psychiatric hospital for Germanwings pilot before crash INTERNATIONAL

Doctor urged psychiatric hospital for Germanwings pilot before crash

A private doctor recommended that the German pilot who crashed a Germanwings jet into the Alps last year should be treated in a psychiatric hospital two weeks before the disaster ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Egypt, France in joint Mediterranean military exercise ASIA

Egypt, France in joint Mediterranean military exercise

Egypt and France began Sunday joint manoeuvres in the Mediterranean in which French Rafale warplanes purchased by Cairo last year are taking part, the Egyptian army said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
France begins destruction of half 'Jungle' migrant camp INTERNATIONAL

France begins destruction of half 'Jungle' migrant camp

French authorities began dismantling half of the ‘Jungle’ migrant camp in the northern port city of Calais on Monday, AFP reporters at the scene said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Syria ceasefire task force to meet in Geneva ASIA

Syria ceasefire task force to meet in Geneva

Countries backing the Syria peace process were due to meet at 3 pm on Monday in Geneva as France demanded information about attacks in breach of a cessation of hostilities that came into force on Friday night.

4:45 AM November 25 2016