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Filipino killed in accident on world's biggest cruise ship INTERNATIONAL

Filipino killed in accident on world's biggest cruise ship

A Filipino crewman was killed Tuesday during a safety drill on the world's biggest cruise liner, the Harmony of the Seas, while it was docked in Marseille, a city official said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
French police arrest 15-year-old suspected of planning attack INTERNATIONAL

French police arrest 15-year-old suspected of planning attack

French police have arrested a 15-year-old boy suspected of planning an attack, investigators said Sunday, as Prime Minister Manuel Valls warned that the country faced a threat from 15,000 homegrown radicals.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
France probes suspected jihadist women in terror plot INTERNATIONAL

France probes suspected jihadist women in terror plot

French investigators were on Saturday probing a group of women arrested on suspicion of plotting new jihadist attacks, including an attempted car bomb near Paris's Notre Dame cathedral.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Arrested militant women planned attack on Paris station INTERNATIONAL

Arrested militant women planned attack on Paris station

Three women arrested after a car loaded with gas cylinders was found near Notre Dame cathedral had been planning to attack a Paris railway station, the French interior ministry said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Qatar football official disputes FIFA accusation CULTURE

Qatar football official disputes FIFA accusation

A senior Qatari official facing a possible two-and-a-half-year ban following a recent FIFA investigation said he hopes a "full and fair" review of his case will exonerate him.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Gas cylinders found in car near Paris's Notre Dame cathedral INTERNATIONAL

Gas cylinders found in car near Paris's Notre Dame cathedral

French anti-terror police were holding two suspects Wednesday after finding several gas cylinders in a car near Paris's Notre Dame cathedral, sources close to the investigation said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Rare tumour claimed first face graft recipient: doctors INTERNATIONAL

Rare tumour claimed first face graft recipient: doctors

The world's first face transplant recipient, Frenchwoman Isabelle Dinoire, died of a cancer unrelated to medicine she was taking to stop her body rejecting the graft, doctors said Wednesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Frenchwoman who received first face transplant dies INTERNATIONAL

Frenchwoman who received first face transplant dies

The world's first face transplant recipient, Frenchwoman Isabelle Dinoire, died in April "after a long illness", a French hospital said on Tuesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Qatar, France sign pacts for training in health, education ARABIA

Qatar, France sign pacts for training in health, education

Qatar and France signed three agreements for the training of Qatar-based experts in the fields of health and education during the '3rd Investment Majiles', organised by the Qatari Businessmen Association in co-operation with the French embassy.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Chinese rally in Paris to protest against crime INTERNATIONAL

Chinese rally in Paris to protest against crime

At least 13,000 people attended a rally in Paris on Sunday to protest against what they say is a crime wave targeting the Chinese community in France, police said, after a Chinese textile designer died after being mugged last month.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
British public favour burqa ban, poll finds INTERNATIONAL

British public favour burqa ban, poll finds

Twice as many British people support a ban on women wearing a burqa than oppose one, with a majority also in favour of outlawing the burkini, according to a poll published on Thursday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
France to call for halt to talks on EU-US trade deal: minister INTERNATIONAL

France to call for halt to talks on EU-US trade deal: minister

France will ask the European Commission to halt negotiations on a massive trade deal between the European Union and the United States, the country's junior minister for trade said Tuesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016