Charlie Hebdo

Satire at the expense of a dead child?

If the whole point is to highlight the role of world leaders in creating and failing to manage the refugee crisis, why on earth isn't David Cameron, François Hollande, Viktor Orban or Bashar al-Assad being turned into a caricature?
17 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Man shot dead attacking police on Charlie Hebdo anniversary

A man is shot dead by police as he tries to attack a police station on the first anniversary of the jihadist assault on Charlie Hebdo had a knife and what appeared to be an explosives vest, the government says.
7 January 2016, 12:42 PM

Paris attacks: French police arrest suspect

French police arrests a man in Paris as part of the investigation into the 13 November attacks in the city, sources say.
15 December 2015, 11:31 AM

Snowden attacks Russia rights curbs

Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden criticised Russia, the country that has granted him asylum.
5 September 2015, 16:01 PM

Charlie Hebdo is honored in New York

The French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, targeted in a deadly attack earlier this year by Islamist gunmen, was honored at a New York gala under heavy security, organizers said.
6 May 2015, 05:00 AM

Charlie Hebdo's Charb publishes posthumous book on Islam

A book written by the late editor of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, Stephane Charbonnier - known as Charb - is set to be published posthumously.
16 April 2015, 05:25 AM

France condemns blogger Oyasiqur killing

France condemns the killing of blogger Oyasiqur Rahman Babu, who was brutally hacked by cleaver-wielding youths under broad daylight in Dhaka.
31 March 2015, 06:41 AM

Nemtsov murder: Zaur Dadayev confession 'forced'

Zaur Dadayev, one of two suspects charged with the murder of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, confessed under duress, says a member of Russia's Human Rights Council
11 March 2015, 12:19 PM