France has once again moved to tighten its approach toward what officials describe as “Islamist infiltration” within public institutions, local organizations, sports associations, schools, and parts of civil society. The French Senate recently approved a controversial bill aimed at strengthening state powers against extremist networks accused of undermining the republic’s secular foundations.

The French Senate has passed a proposed law designed to combat Islamist infiltration, with a vote of 208 in favor and 124 against.

Cuban authorities announced late Wednesday that they had thwarted an armed infiltration through El Pino, a channel off the coast of Cayo Falcones island in Villa Clara province.

Pakistani security forces killed 30 terrorists attempting to infiltrate Pakistan from Afghanistan over the past two nights, the military said in a statement on Friday.