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Iranian national Mahdieh Esfandiari arrives for her trial on charges of promoting terrorism on social media at a Paris courthouse on January 13, 2026. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP via Getty Images)
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World
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French prosecutor seeks year in jail for Iranian over comments online

A French prosecutor sought a one-year jail term for an Iranian woman accused of promoting "terrorism" online, in a case linked to a possible prisoner swap

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 January, 2026
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France
MENA
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Iranian goes on trial in France ahead of possible prisoner swap

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 January, 2026
French historian Vincent Lemire speaks during a interview near the Western wall, with a view of the Dome of the Rock Mosque in the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in Jerusalem, on January 25, 2022
Israel
MENA
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Israel revokes French researcher's travel permit

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
12 January, 2026
A worker secures the area around a fallen tree on a water borehole, following the passage of the storm Goretti, in Saint-Gabriel-Brecy, near Martragny, northwestern France
Europe
MENA
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Storm Goretti blacks out homes, disrupts travel in north Europe

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
09 January, 2026
Marine Le Pen
France
MENA
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Le Pen appeal trial to open next week, presidential bid at stake

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
09 January, 2026
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Islamophobia
Voices

Why was convicted racist Brigitte Bardot mourned as a Marianne?

Oman Al Yahyai

Oman Alyahyai

07 January, 2026
British Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoons fighter aircraft fly at RAF Coningsby on May 16, 2023 in Coningsby, England
Syria
MENA
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UK, France bomb suspected Islamic State arms dump in Syria

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 January, 2026
Fanon
Algeria
Perspectives

Algiers to Gaza: Frantz Fanon & the unfinished decolonisation

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Rachid Sekkai

29 December, 2025
Brigitte Bardot
France
MENA
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Brigitte Bardot: French actress turned far-right advocate

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 December, 2025
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2025 retrospective
Voices

Why 2025 was the worst year for pro-Palestine speech in France

Oman Al Yahyai

Oman Alyahyai

29 December, 2025
Algeria's goalkeeper #23 Luca Zidane reacts during the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) Group E football match between Algeria and Sudan at Moulay Hassan Stadium in Rabat on December 24, 2025. (Photo by Gabriel BOUYS / AFP via Getty Images)
Algeria
Sports
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My grandfather encouraged me to play for Algeria: Luca Zidane

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 December, 2025
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Algeria
MENA
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Algeria passes law declaring French colonisation a crime

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
24 December, 2025
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Algeria
MENA
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Algeria parliament to vote on French colonisation bill

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
24 December, 2025
France's President Emmanuel Macron (L) meets with UAE's President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan during a visit to the Zayed National Museum in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, on December 21, 2025
France
MENA
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Macron travels to UAE for talks with MBZ

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 December, 2025
Israel Targets Hezbollah Chief Of Staff In Deadly Strike On Beirut Suburb
Lebanon-Israel conflict
MENA
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New conference due in February to support Lebanese Armed Forces

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 December, 2025
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Yemen
World
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France to try sons of Yemen ex-president Saleh on fraud charges

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
15 December, 2025
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Abdelmadjid Tebboune
MENA
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Mother of jailed French journalist seeks pardon from Algeria

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
15 December, 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron attends the closing ceremony of the seventh meeting of China-France Business Council
France
MENA
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Macron to work to free French journalist held in Algeria

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 December, 2025
Algeria flag [Getty]
Algeria
MENA
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Algeria upholds 7-year jail term for French sports journalist

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 December, 2025
Members of the 19th artillery brigade of the French army are manipulating a "Murin Radar" system during the "Toll 25" drill in the "Ile du Levant" firing site of the French DGA, on November 25, 2025. (Photo by CLEMENT MAHOUDEAU/AFP via Getty Images)
France
World
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France unveils voluntary military service amid 'accelerating threats'

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
28 November, 2025
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France
Sports
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French media demand release of journalist Christophe Gleizes

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 November, 2025