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Air France strike, in fifth day, has affected 150,000 INTERNATIONAL

Air France strike, in fifth day, has affected 150,000

Thousands of people faced flight cancellations in France on Sunday, the fifth day of a strike by Air France flight crew at the height of the holiday travel period, the airline said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Protest in Burundi after UN decides to send police INTERNATIONAL

Protest in Burundi after UN decides to send police

Around 1,000 people marched through the streets of Burundi's capital Saturday to protest against a United Nations Security Council decision to send a police contingent to the troubled country.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
French PM moots temporary ban on foreign-funded mosques INTERNATIONAL

French PM moots temporary ban on foreign-funded mosques

France's prime minister said on Friday he would consider a temporary ban on foreign financing of mosques, urging a "new model" for relations with Islam after a spate of jihadist attacks.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Second France church attacker formally identified INTERNATIONAL

Second France church attacker formally identified

The second jihadist involved in a French church attack had tried to travel to Syria, prosecutors said on Thursday as calls mounted for the prime minister and interior minister to resign after the latest terror attack.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Hollande meets religious leaders amid row over security INTERNATIONAL

Hollande meets religious leaders amid row over security

President Francois Hollande displayed interfaith solidarity with France's religious leaders on Wednesday after two Islamist militants killed a Roman Catholic priest in a church.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Police tighten security at Geneva airport after French tipoff INTERNATIONAL

Police tighten security at Geneva airport after French tipoff

Police in Geneva increased security checks around the Swiss city's Cointrin airport on Wednesday after receiving information from French police about a possible bomb threat.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Qatar condemns IS attack on French church ARABIA

Qatar condemns IS attack on French church

Qatar Tuesday condemned as "contrary to all human values" the deadly attack in France which saw a priest killed by followers of the Islamic State group.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Priest's throat slit in French church hostage-taking INTERNATIONAL

Priest's throat slit in French church hostage-taking

Two assailants slit the throat of an 84-year-old priest at a church in northern France on Tuesday in a hostage-taking drama that has shocked the country.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
15-hour tailbacks in UK as France heightens checks INTERNATIONAL

15-hour tailbacks in UK as France heightens checks

British officials were drafted in to help French border police on Sunday after 15-hour queues built up at the port of Dover due to heightened entry checks.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Hollande defends minister under fire over Nice attack INTERNATIONAL

Hollande defends minister under fire over Nice attack

French President Francois Hollande defended his government from accusations it relaxed its anti-terror defences after the Euro championships, announcing further support for the fight against the Islamic State group.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Paris dismantles camp housing over 1,000 migrants INTERNATIONAL

Paris dismantles camp housing over 1,000 migrants

Police in Paris on Friday dismantled a tented camp under a railway housing over 1,000 people from Afghanistan and east Africa, part of an ongoing move to clear camps sprouting up around the French capital.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Crowds attack French police for second night over death of arrested man INTERNATIONAL

Crowds attack French police for second night over death of arrested man

Angry crowds hurled petrol bombs at police and set cars alight in an area north of Paris overnight following the death of a young man in police hands earlier this week, a French official said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016