Donors including the UAE have pledged financial support for the protection of endangered cultural heritage across the world. This was announced at a donors’ conference held in Paris to mark the establishment of the International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas (Aliph).
The Aliph is a foundation that will finance projects for the implementation of preventive, emergencyRead more
Four people, including a 16-year-old girl, have been arrested in Montpelier, in southern France, on suspicion that they were planning to carry out a suicide bombing in Paris.
"An attack has been foiled," a police source told the AFP news agency, adding that the four were arrested after buying acetone, a highly flammable liquid that can be used to makeRead more
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) today strongly denounced the terror offensive which took place yesterday as a man carrying a knife attacked the security patrol stationed in front of the Louvre museum in the French capital of Paris.
In a statement, the Secretary General of OIC Dr. Yousef bin Ahmed Al Othaimeen expressed his disappointment over this heinousRead more
Bahraini Foreign Ministry condemned Saturday the terrorist attack that targeted a security patrol at the Louvre Museum in Paris leaving a French soldier wounded.
In a statement, the Foreign Ministry stressed Bahrain's solidarity with France, highlighting its support to the European country in the measures that it will take to attain security for all its citizens.
The statement further renewedRead more
Egypt strongly condemns a terrorist attack that targeted the Louvre museum in Paris Friday night.
A man wielding a machete had rushed toward a group of soldiers and guards in the Carrousel du Louvre before a soldier opened fire at him. The attacker was seriously injured by a bullet to the stomach.
A statement by the Foreign Ministry said SaturdayRead more
The Louvre Museum is to offer a haven for world treasures rescued from war zones such as Syria and Iraq at a secure storage facility in northern France, The Guardian reported on Tuesday.
The French president, François Hollande, said the new conservation facility in Liévin could become a temporary repository for international cultural and artistic treasures.
Speaking as he unveiledRead more
The riverside Grand Palais exhibition hall in Paris reopened Sunday as floodwaters slowly receded from the French capital, after the worst floods in three decades caused the Seine River to burst its banks.
Other regions remained at risk, notably parts of Normandy, as digging out began in villages and towns around the French capital.
The Louvre Museum, several Paris trainRead more
He is after all rap's renaissance man.
The singer will.i.am revealed to the world Tuesday the results of his most unlikely collaboration yet after he was allowed to spend an "awesome" night inside the Louvre museum.
The Black Eyed Peas frontman shot a video of his song "Smile Mona Lisa" in the Paris landmark as a tribute to his hero,Read more