Denmarks controversial ban on the Islamic full-face veil in public spaces came into force on Wednesday as women protested the new measure which fines anyone wearing the garment. Human rights ...

BRUSSELS -- Since she started wearing a full Islamic veil six weeks ago, Selma said, she has been stared at, frowned at, muttered to, mocked as a "ghost" and forced by a policeman to lift her veil to ...

A 28-year-old woman wearing a niqab on Friday became the first person in Denmark to be fined for violating a new controversial law banning full-face Islamic veils in public places, media reported.

Portugal's parliament on Friday approved a bill banning face veils worn for “gender or religious” reasons in public, in a move seen as targeting the face coverings worn by some Muslim women. The ...

Switzerland's Italian-speaking region has moved a step closer to banning the full-face Muslim veil, after its parliament gave the proposed law the thumbs-up this week. The canton of Ticino thus looks ...

Norway's ruling coalition of conservative and anti-immigration rightwing parties had promised the ban last year. The Norwegian government on Monday proposed a bill to ban the full-face Muslim veil in ...

MADRID -- Portugal's parliament on Friday approved a bill banning face veils worn for "gender or religious" reasons in public, in a move seen as targeting the face coverings worn by some Muslim women.

OSLO (Reuters) - The Norwegian government proposed on Friday a nationwide ban on the wearing of full-face veils, such as the burqa and the niqab, in universities, schools, and kindergartens. France, ...

*The Sean “Diddy” Combs sex trafficking trial has taken a bizarre turn. On May 21, 2025, a sex worker named Sharay Hayes—also known as “The Punisher”—testified that Diddy once wore a full-face veil ...

STRASBOURG/PARIS (Reuters) - The European Court of Human Rights upheld France's 2010 ban on full-face veils in public on Tuesday but acknowledged the law could appear excessive and feed stereotypes.

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