France

Chechen arrested over Paris Olympics attack plot: ministry

By Shahzad ABDUL and Adam PLOWRIGHT PARIS, May 31, 2024 (AFP) - French security services have arrested a Chechen teenager…

French navy seizes 2.4 tonnes of cocaine from Atlantic fishing boat

PARIS, May 27, 2024 (AFP) - The French navy has seized 2.4 tonnes of cocaine from a Venezuelan fishing boat…

Schoolteacher stabbed by pupil in western France

RENNES, France, May 27, 2024 (AFP) - An 18-year-old pupil was detained in western France on Monday after stabbing his…

Three injured in knife attack in France’s Lyon, probe launched: officials

LYON, May 26, 2024 (AFP) -  At least three people were injured in a knife attack on the metro in…

New Caledonia ‘under siege’ as French troops bid to restore order

By Mathurin DEREL NOUMEA, May 18, 2024 (AFP) - French Pacific territory New Caledonia was "under siege" Saturday, the mayor…

Parts of northern Europe clean up after floods

By Iris Maria Maurer, with Sam Reeves in Frankfurt KLEINBLITTERSDORF, May 18, 2024 (AFP) - German emergency workers on Saturday…

‘Dad’s going up in a rocket!’ French businessman set for launch

WASHINGTON, May 18, 2024 (AFP) - He arrived in Texas, tried on his flight suit for the first time, and…

French police kill Algerian trying to set fire to synagogue

ROUEN, France  (AFP) - French police on Friday shot dead an Algerian man armed with a knife and an iron…

France imposes state of emergency in New Caledonia after deadly riots

By Mathurin DEREL NOUMEA, May 15, 2024 (AFP) - France ordered troops to guard ports and the international airport in…

Two French prison officers killed, inmate escapes, in jail van ambush

INCARVILLE, France, May 14, 2024 (AFP) - Gunmen attacked a prison van at a motorway toll in northern France on…

About 2,000 foreign troops to help France secure Paris Olympics

PARIS (AFP) - Some 2,000 foreign troops and police will be sent to Paris to bolster security for this summer's…

France police find ‘bones’ of toddler missing in the Alps: prosecutor

  MARSEILLE, March 31, 2024 (AFP) - French investigators have found and identified the "bones" of a toddler whose disappearance…

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