
2014 Air Algérie Crash: Swiftair Sentenced to Maximum Fine
Paris criminal court sentenced Spanish airline Swiftair on Monday to a €225,000 fine for involuntary manslaughter

Paris criminal court sentenced Spanish airline Swiftair on Monday to a €225,000 fine for involuntary manslaughter

The Paris judges struck down the order citing absolute urgency, but a second expulsion order, not based on that grounds, remains in effect.

A reform led by the education minister that reduces the place of French in favor of English in primary schools is dividing the country between defenders of French language and proponents of modernizing the education system.

Sifi Ghrieb traveled to Mali's capital on Monday, just weeks after his Malian counterpart Abdoulaye Maïga visited Algiers, as tensions between the two countries gradually ease.

According to France 24, Algeria's head of government arrived Monday in the Malian capital as part of a rapprochement initiative between the two neighboring countries following a period of diplomatic tensions.

The priest and writer, who denounced the abuses of the French army during the Algerian War, has died at age 95.