France | Mohd Murtadha

Vatican newspaper slams 'blasphemous' new 'Charlie Hebdo' cover

by murtadha on January 6, 2016 with No Comments

The Vatican’s newspaper has hit out against this week’s Charlie Hebdo cover for portraying God as a blood-stained terrorist with a gun and the headline “The assassin is still at large.” The Osservatore Romano said the artwork, on the front … Read More

UK grants asylum to man who walked through Channel Tunnel

by murtadha on January 5, 2016 with No Comments

A Sudanese man who was arrested after walking through the 31-mile (50-kilometer) Channel Tunnel from France to England has been granted asylum in Britain, lawyers said Monday. Abdul Rahman Haroun, 40, was detained in August near the British end of … Read More

Sacré bleu! Restaurants in France now have to give out doggy bags

by murtadha on January 5, 2016 with No Comments

French restaurateurs have expressed consternation after a new law has made le doggy bag – long considered a dining faux pas in France – a legal requirement. The new law came into force on New Year’s Day, and dining establishments … Read More

11 unsolved mysteries that still need answers in 2016

by murtadha on January 1, 2016 with No Comments

From the drug lord who pulled off an impossible escape to an extraterrestrial ocean containing clues to alien life, here are the baffling mysteries the world will try to solve this year. WTF space junk: What was that debris? A … Read More