The French government ordered its embassies and French schools abroad to close on Friday, the Muslim holy day, as a precautionary measure in about 20 countries. It immediately shut down the French ...

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PARIS — A French satirical weekly Wednesday reprinted the 12 caricatures of the prophet Muhammad that continued to generate anger across the Muslim world and violence in the Middle East. Firing a new ...

A Syrian organization is going after satire magazine "Charlie Hebdo" as France temporarily closes some embassies in Muslim countries. By Georg Szalai Global Business Editor A French satire magazine ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran on Thursday shut down a decades-old French research institute in response to cartoons published by the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo that mocked the ...

PARIS (AP) — A French magazine published vulgar caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad on Wednesday, brandishing its right to free speech amid global tensions over a movie insulting to Islam. In response ...