Charlie Hebdo

French court finds 14 people guilty of complicity in Charlie Hebdo, supermarket attacks

December 17, 2020 6:28 pm

The 14 defendants included the former partner of one of the attackers, weapons dealers and childhood friends. Most said they did not know of the terrorist intent and were only trying to aid in a less severe crime.

MP Congress MLA among 2,000 booked during protest against French President

October 31, 2020 3:10 am

The protesters were booked for violating coronavirus lockdown norms after nearly 5,000 people assembled in Bhopal’s Iqbal Maidan.

Turkey's Erdogan slams 'scoundrels' over Charlie Hebdo cartoon

October 28, 2020 9:36 pm

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has condemned the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo after he was mocked in a front-page cartoon. Officials have promised to respond with legal and diplomatic action.

France, waging a broad crackdown, depicts a plot in teacher’s beheading

October 22, 2020 8:51 pm

The national homage continued Wednesday as President Emmanuel Macron eulogized the slain teacher, Samuel Paty, calling him a “quiet hero” in a solemn evening ceremony at the Sorbonne in

Terrorism charges filed against Pakistani man in stabbings near Charlie Hebdo offices

September 30, 2020 3:13 pm

The suspect told investigators he acted out of anger over caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad recently republished by the weekly newspaper.

Charlie Hebdo HR head had '10 minutes' to move out of home over death threats

September 23, 2020 11:01 am

The French magazine’s HR Head Marika Bret, who has been under police custody for almost five years after the attack on the Charlie Hebdo office in Paris, said that she will not be returning to her home as the threats were “sufficiently concrete to be taken seriously”.

Al-Qaeda threatens Charlie Hebdo for reprinting controversial caricatures of Prophet Mohammed

September 14, 2020 6:07 am

The terrorist group warned both the magazine’s editorial staff and French President Emmanuel Macron that the attack carried out by two Al-Qaeda terrorists in 2015 was not a “one off”. 

French paper Charlie Hebdo reprints Prophet Mohammed caricatures at start of terror trial

September 01, 2020 8:13 pm

The January 2015 attacks against Charlie Hebdo and, two days later, a kosher supermarket, touched off a wave of killings claimed by the Islamic State group across Europe. Seventeen people died along with the three attackers.

Suspect tied to Charlie Hebdo attack sent to France, charged

December 23, 2018 4:02 pm

Peter Cherif is accused of criminal association with a terrorist enterprise. France's defense minister says he played an "important role in organizing" the Charlie Hebdo attack.

Charlie Hebdo sparks row with new cartoon on Aylan Kurdi

January 15, 2016 11:17 am

The cartoon sparked a debate on social media, with several people calling out Charlie Hebdo on Twitter for the “disgusting” and “racist” cartoon

Charlie Hebdo: French president Hollande honours victims

January 06, 2016 11:59 am

French PM Hollande is honoring 17 victims killed in Islamic extremist attacks on satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, a kosher market and police a year ago this week.

I am Charlie: Millions participate to honour those killed in France

January 11, 2015 9:20 pm

The writing on the signs reads " I am Charlie," a slogan adopted by supporters after the Jan. 7, terror attack in Paris.

French police kills Charlie Hebdo terror suspects

January 10, 2015 12:06 am

Charlie Hebdo had long courted controversy with satirical attacks on Islam as well as other religions.

JE SUIS CHARLIE: France united in grief

January 08, 2015 4:49 pm

Three hooded attackers stormed the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, a weekly known for lampooning religions.

Terrorists storm office of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, 12 reported dead

January 07, 2015 8:31 pm

The newspaper was also firebombed in the past for publishing cartoons in 2011 joking about Muslim leaders.

In world’s emptiest battlefield, space-age army hunts for ‘Mr Marlboro’ and his jihadi MiniMe

January 13, 2015 9:42 am