Islamic State claimed responsibility on Saturday for attacks that killed 127 people in Paris, saying it sent militants strapped with suicide bombing belts and carrying machine guns to various locations in the heart of the capital. The attacks, described by France’s president as an act of war, were designed to[…]
France presented a draft resolution to the UN Security Council aimed at toughening the international response to an outbreak of violence in Burundi, but the foreign minister rejected the move and announced “the country was calm”. The measure threatens targeted sanctions against Burundian leaders who incite attacks or hamper efforts[…]
At least 42 people died when a bus carrying elderly day-trippers collided head-on with a truck and caught fire near Bordeaux early on Friday, in France’s worst road crash in more than 30 years. Another eight people were injured in the collision on a country road near Puisseguin in the[…]
France has carried out its first air strikes in Syria against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group. The announcement from President Francois Hollande’s office on Sunday came after a year of hesitation. Hollande had resisted the raids in Syria, saying he did not want to strengthen Syria’s[…]
French judges investigating claims that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was murdered have closed the case without bringing any charges, a prosecutor said. “At the end of the investigation … it has not been demonstrated that Mr Yasser Arafat was murdered by polonium-210 poisoning,” the three judges ruled on Wednesday, according[…]
Deep divisions persist within the European Union as thousands of distraught refugees arriving from war-torn countries, mainly Syria, continued to head towards Western Europe via the continent’s southern frontiers. The French foreign minister on Monday criticised Hungary for its move to erect a fence on its border to stop people[…]
French authorities have formally opened a terrorism investigation fter a thwarted attack on a high-speed train last week, saying the suspected attacker had watched a radical video onboard minutes before the violence. Prosecutor François Molins said on Tuesday the decision to open an investigation was based on the actions of[…]
France has launched a renewed air and sea search around the Indian Ocean island of Réunion in the hope of finding more debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. The operation was announced 24 hours after a public prosecutor declared there was a “strong possibility” a wing flaperon discovered[…]
The Palestinian Authority foreign minister said Tuesday that France was retreating from submitting a draft resolution on renewing Palestinian-Israeli peace efforts to the UN Security Council. Riyad al-Maliki said that France was backing away from the move following pressure from Israel and the United States, who are both currently busy[…]
France has been placed on high alert after a person was found decapitated in what officials are calling a “terrorist” incident at a gas factory in southeastern France. French President Francois Hollande, speaking in Brussels, said the incident began shortly before 10am local time on Friday after a car crashed[…]
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