The prime suspects in the Charlie Hebdo attack earlier this week, brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi, died in a barrage of bullets after an eight hour standoff in the Paris suburb of Dammartin-en-Goelle on Friday according to French authorities. As the two brothers exited the warehouse northeast of Paris and opened fire with high-powered assault […]
Twelve people in Paris are dead and an additional eight are injured after two hooded, heavily-armed men burst into the offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and opened fire there. Although investigators do not know the origin of the attackers,during the attack, it is reported that they hollered “God is great!” in Arabic, […]
BEIRUT—Visa restrictions have been imposed on Syrians entering Lebanon, as further efforts are made to limit the flow of refugees into the country. The new measures mean Syrians now have to obtain a visa before crossing into Lebanon, which is already struggling to cope with more than a million refugees. The move was announced by […]
PARIS—French President Francois Hollande is calling for sanctions on Russia to be lifted if there is progress in Ukraine. During a two-hour radio interview, Hollande said sanctions imposed by Europe and the United States had not only hit Russia hard, but were also hurting the European economy. But there must be no new sanctions – […]