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New Delhi, Oct 18 (PTI) India will host the 91st Interpol General Assembly in 2022 after a proposal received "overwhelming support" of member countries at this year's congregation in Chile on Friday, officials said.

A proposal in this regard was given to Interpol Secretary General J rgen Stock by Union Home Minister Amit Shah when the two met here during the former's official visit in August, CBI spokesperson Nitin Wakankar said.

18 Oct 2019; MEMO: UNESCO’s Executive Board approved at its 207th session a resolution calling on Israel to stop its violations and unilateral actions against historic sites in Jerusalem.

The decision was made by the international organisation during its meeting in Paris.

The resolution called on Israel to stop its unilateral and illegal violations against Al-Aqsa Mosque and within the wall of the Old City of Jerusalem.

17 Oct 2019; MEMO: At least 60 Israelis have been arrested in Europe on charges of smuggling large amounts of khat, local media revealed yesterday.

The Jerusalem Post reported that seven Israelis were arrested in France, three in Sweden, two in Spain and two in Ireland.

PARIS, Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A French court sentenced five members of an all-female jihadist cell to between five and 30 years in prison over a failed bid to detonate a car bomb outside Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris.

The case is the first to involve a group of women attempting to stage an attack in France, which has been repeatedly targeted by jihadists since 2015, causing the loss of 255 lives.

PARIS, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- French police on early Monday detained five people related to the man who carried out a deadly knife attack in the Paris police headquarters earlier this month, local media reported.

The five people were arrested in Val d'Oise department in north Paris, and they are believed to have ties with the attacker, state-run France info radio reported, citing a source close to the investigation.

12 October 2019; AFP: One of France's most wanted men has been arrested in Scotland, eight years after vanishing without trace following the murder of his wife and four children.

Xavier Dupont de Ligonnes was subject to an international arrest warrant for the 2011 killings in a mystery that has transfixed France

The aristocratic businessman was stopped at Glasgow airport on Friday after arriving on a flight from Paris, according to two French sources close to the investigation.

PARIS, Oct 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) – European leaders would mull sanctions on Turkey, over its military campaign in Syria, during next week’s European Union summit, France’s European Affairs Minister, Amelie de Montchalin, said.

“Obviously, EU sanctions against Turkey are on the table. This will be discussed at the European Council next week,” de Montchalin told France Inter radio.

“Today, nothing is closed. Everything is debated,” she said.

PARIS, Oct 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Leaders of France and Germany, will meet in Paris on Oct 13, in preparation for the due European Union summit and to discuss ways to secure an orderly Brexit, the French presidency said, on Wednesday, in a statement.

French President, Emmanuel Macron, will receive German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, at the Elysee Palace, where they would exchange views about European affairs, ahead of the EU summit, scheduled for Oct 17-18, according to the Elysee.

PARIS, Oct 10 (NNN-XINHUA) – French Defence Minister, Florence Parly urged Turkey to stop its military operation against the Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria.

“The Turkish offensive is dangerous. Dangerous for the security of the Kurds. Dangerous because it benefits Daesh, against whom we have been fighting for five years,” Parly tweeted.

The minister said, France called for a United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation, which will be held on Thursday (today).

PARIS, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- Leaders of France and Germany will meet in Paris on Oct. 13 in preparation for the due European Union summit and to discuss ways to secure an orderly Brexit, the French presidency said on Wednesday in a statement.

French President Emmanuel Macron will receive German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Oct. 13 at the Elysee Palace where they would exchange, during a working dinner, views about European affairs ahead of the EU summit scheduled for Oct. 17-18, according to the Elysee.