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Iran issues travel warning for France
Jul 02, 2023 03:47The Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on Iranian citizens to avoid traveling to France, whose major cities have been gripped with violent unrest for days sparked by the police killing of a teenager.
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Nationwide rioting forces Macron to postpone Germany trip as slain teen laid to rest
Jul 02, 2023 03:31France's President Emmanuel Macron has postponed a state visit to Germany in order to stay in Paris to deal with mass protests over the police killing of French Arab teenager, Nahel M, as the family members lay the deceased to rest.
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Police killing of teen exposed France’s false claims about equality: Syria
Jul 02, 2023 03:22Syria has condemned in the strongest terms the fatal shooting of a teenager of Algerian descent by French police, stating that the incident exposed the hollow nature of claims by French authorities about equality and fight against racial discrimination.
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France deploys 45,000 troops to quell police brutality protests, nabs 1,000
Jul 01, 2023 08:52France has deployed 45,000 police and several armored vehicles to quell protests across the country over the police killing of a teenager for a traffic violation and arrested nearly 1,000 protesters.
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Macron urges parents to keep kids off streets, blames social media for fueling unrest
Jun 30, 2023 11:41French President Emmanuel Macron has urged parents to keep teenagers at home to quell the unrest spreading across the country, calling on social media to stop fuelling what he described as "copycat" violence.
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Macron ditches EU summit to rush home amid growing unrest for police killing of teen
Jun 30, 2023 08:02France's President Emmanuel Macron has rushed home from an EU summit for a crisis meeting, after a third night of protests over a policeman's killing of a teen.
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Unrest, clashes erupt for 3rd day in France over teenager’s killing by police
Jun 30, 2023 05:20Unrest and clashes have erupted for a third day in a row in France as protests rage on over the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old boy by police during a traffic stop in the capital Paris, as thousands kept a vigil.
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France's top court upholds hijab ban during football games
Jun 30, 2023 05:12France’s top administrative court has ruled against a group of female Muslim football players in their case against the French Football Federation (FFF), upholding a ban on the Islamic headscarf during games.
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Macron holds crisis meeting as protests rage on over teenager’s killing by police
Jun 29, 2023 05:31French President Emmanuel Macron has held a crisis meeting with some of his ministers, as security forces have arrested 150 people in a second night of violence after the killing of a teenager by police.
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Outrage in France after fatal police shooting in Paris suburb
Jun 28, 2023 05:34Clashes have broken out between demonstrators and police following public outrage over the shooting death of a 17-year-old in the Paris suburb of Nanterre after he allegedly disobeyed police orders to stop his car.