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Paris Pompidou Center museum shut by security guard strike

The Pompidou Center modern art museum – one of the biggest tourist draws in the French capital – will remain closed this weekend because of a week-long strike by security guards, its management said. Around 100 guards walked out on Monday over a new law which forces them to become civil...

Tunisians irked by slow progress on civil liberties

Tunisian activists say they are frustrated by the slow progress on reforms to improve civil liberties six years after an uprising calling for more freedoms in the North African country. The 2011 revolution that toppled longtime dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ushered in a new era of freedom...

British role in European security 'unconditional'

Britain's contribution to European security is "unconditional", Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson told a French newspaper, denying the government had made a veiled threat to reduce cooperation if there was no post-Brexit trade deal. Prime Minister Theresa May said in a letter to the European...

3 killed during raid on Bangladesh militant den

Three people including a woman were killed when Bangladesh security forces stormed an Islamist militant hideout Saturday, police said, as the Muslim-majority nation fights to contain a wave of extremist attacks. The incident was the latest battle against militants in recent days, which have...