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Senegal's newly elected president, Bassirou Diomaye Fay, has called on French military forces to leave the country in a historic address. President Fey stressed the need to review all previous agreements with Paris.
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French intelligence increased control over citizens of Central Asian countries. "Large gatherings" of Central Asians were reported in the country after the shooting in Moscow. Therefore, French intelligence decided to focus its attention on the citizens of Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.
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The US embassy has warned that the risk of terrorist attacks has increased in France as well. The embassy said attacks can happen with "little warning" and urged citizens and tourists to be extra vigilant, especially in crowded areas.
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Midfielder Mahamadou Diawara has left the French youth team after being banned from taking an iftar break during a football match in France.
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Prominent American Jewish scholar and activist Norman Finkelstein has compared the French newspaper La Liberation, which laughed at the hunger in Gaza, to the Nazis' World War II publication Der Stürmer.
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In 2023, the number of cases of Islamophobia in France increased by 57% to 828 incidents. 81.5 percent of the victims are women.
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The official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia reacted to the opening of the defense mission of France in Moldova and the activation of its actions in the South Caucasus.
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The disagreement between French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz over military aid to Ukraine is turning from a political debate into open hostility.
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Azerbaijani President Ilhom Aliyev accused France of contributing to the escalation of tensions in the region by providing military aid to Armenia.