Charlie Hebdo shooting
“I ruined your life”: Four years late for the schoolgirl’s apology for the lie that led to the beheading of Samuel Patti by a jihadist
The gruesome beheading case of Samuel Patti is being revived in court these days.
3 Years After the Charlie Hebdo Terror Attacks, the Satirical Magazine Struggles with £1.3m Security Bill
Charlie Hebdo is struggling with an annual security bill of ?1.5 million (£1.32m) as President Emmanuel Macron leads commemorations on the third anniversary of the terror attack on the satirical weekly on Sunday, Sunday Telegraph writes.
Sales have slumped after surging to an unprecedented 7 million copies following the attack on 7 January 2015.
Cartoonists take issue with censorship
The Greek cartoonists' union said Thursday that the decision not to include 12 out of 28 Greek sketches in a European Parliament exhibition to mark its 60th anniversary on the grounds they were Nazi-friendly or an infringement of EU values, has raised serious questions.
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Soldiers Seriously Injured in Car-Ramming Attack in Paris (UPDATED)
Six French soldiers have been injured after a car slammed into them in Paris before speeding away in what the suburb's mayor called a deliberate act, reported The Independent.
Two of the soldiers have been seriously wounded while the others sustained light injuries, the Paris Police Authority said.
France: 2nd round of presidential elections kicks off amid state of emergency
French voters are heading to the polls to choose France's next president. The presidential runoff between centrist Emmanuel Macron and right-wing Marine Le Pen is the first to take place amid an ongoing state of emergency, introduced in the country after 2015 terrorist attacks.
An oasis in a huge desert
In today's world, where everybody is angry, where the public everywhere does not trust governments and the media, where countries are at odds with each other, we all need neutral and oxygen-rich oases.
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Merkel “sits” on a toilet in first German Charlie Hebdo edition
Angela Merkel sits on a toilet, a copy of Charlie Hebdo in hand, and the slogan “Charlie Hebdo, the newspaper that relaxes” … This is the poster chosen by the satirical weekly for the launch on Thursday, December 1 of its German version, the satirical magazine’s first experience outside the French borders. The same edition will be launched in Vienna.
Terrorism-related deaths surge by 650% in West
The victims of terrorist attacks in western countries increased by 650% in 2015 even though there was a worldwide decrease of 10% , according to the 2016 Global Terrorism Index report.
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Paris attacker carried ISIS flag
French police shot dead a man holding a knife who tried to enter a police station, according to police union sources.
A sheet of paper showing the Islamic State flag and claims of responsibility written in Arabic were found on the man, the Paris prosecutor said in a statement.
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‘Refugees’ is German word of the year for 2015
The Society for the German language on Friday chose “Fluechtlinge”— refugees — as the Word of the Year 2015. Flüchtling was chosen because it represented the “dominant theme of the year.” with thousands of refugees arriving in Germany.
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