Articles
Reports of this obituary have been greatly exaggerated
Obituaries prepared for the death of former French president Jacques Chirac are more illuminating than intended, writes Colin Randall.
GCC gains from French high-tech diving experience
More than half of those trained at the French unit are from the GCC region.
Tensions spur rise in arms deals for navies
The increasing demand for enhanced security is expected to push the global market for naval defence up from its current value of $40bn a year,
France prepares for a divisive political year ahead
Far-right French presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen is trying to make her party's positions more electable, writes Colin Randall.
French Muslim women face daily struggle against stigmatisation, says New York Times survey
French prime minister Manuel Valls sides with the mayors who banned the burqini and says the survey gives a false impression of intolerance.
Reversal of the burqini ban can’t undo damage to France’s image
The court ruling ends the dark farce at least for now, writes Colin Randall
Arab Spring’s harmful impact on health will be felt across the world ‘for many years’
The increased mortality rates seen in Syria, Yemen, Libya, Tunisia and Egypt since 2010 particularly threaten to “jeopardise health gains [made] over the past two decades” in the Middle East and wider region, a new study says.
Doctrine of collective guilt is the wrong way forward
Colin Randall examines the connections between some recent developments in the UK and France
French activist says he will pay the fine of any woman prosecuted for wearing a burqini
It comes amid national controversy over the swimwear that began with an arguably manufactured row over plans for a private pool party for Muslim women and has grown into what Rachid Nekkaz says is a “dangerous cocktail” of intolerance and paranoia.
Empty tables at tourist spots as France loses some of its joie de vivre
For all the spirit of defiance displayed during the recent wave of terrorist attacks, French spirits are low and tourism numbers are down.
France needs a plan to stop radicalisation of youth
Europe may have to consider radical solutions – such as preventative jail terms – to defeat terrorism, writes Colin Randall.
French extremist carried out church attack while under house arrest
Prosecutors tried to have Adel Kermiche, 19, put in jail after he attempted to travel to Syria to fight twice, but two courts ignored their pleas.
Why no human or place can be considered safe from ISIL attack
A church in rural France may seem the softest of targets and among the most vile of locations for terrorists to visit their evil on innocents. But there is nothing new in the tactic of causing death and injury in places of worship.
Does France's proud slogan stand up to scrutiny?
The three words that France is synonymous with have fallen under a new light after the Nice attack, writes Colin Randall
Meet Mohamed Loueslati – the imam trying to deradicalise French extremists
Deradicalisation, does it work? We meet one French-Tunisian imam who tries to convince prisoners to abandon militancy.
