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France Blames Iran's Revolutionary Guard for Hacks That Spoiled Food in 700 Stores
The Paris prosecutor says an IRGC cyber unit seized control of supermarket refrigeration on Oct. 11, spoiling food and sparking about twenty fires.
World320,000 March in France for a Third Straight Weekend as Youth Protests Spread to Germany
Police deployed 70,000 officers and moved the Paris march to the capital's edge, but clashes with tear gas still broke out at dusk on Halloween.
WorldFrance Arrests 1,314 as Protests Spread to 298 Cities and Far-Right Activists Appear
Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez says 53 officers were hurt and 'ultra-left' groups brought 'an extremely elevated level of violence.' Looting was far smaller than last week's 3,000 damaged businesses.
WorldGunman Opens Fire From His Car in Paris Suburb Trappes, Killing One and Wounding Five
Prosecutors are investigating a possible terrorist act with racist overtones. A 12-year-old girl shot eight times is in stable condition.
WatchWorldMacron Vows to Punish 'Those Who Sought to Bring Down the Republic' After 1,800 Arrests in French Riots
A nationwide protest over living costs and school conditions turned into looting and arson Saturday, collapsing the roof of the historic city hall in Limoges. Macron addressed the nation Sunday and blamed far-left insurrectionists and criminals.
WorldTear Gas and 166 Arrests as French Protests Spread Beyond Students
Nationwide marches against rising living costs turned violent in Paris and Marseille on Saturday, after a month of school blockades that have already led to thousands of arrests.
WorldFrench Students Close Up to 500 Schools as Protests Pass 5,000 Arrests
Teenagers who began marching Sept. 17 over overcrowded classes and crumbling buildings are now clashing with riot police. Organizers say the government has offered no concrete measures and have called new demonstrations for Tuesday.
WorldPope Leo Calls Assisted Dying 'False Compassion' Before Crowds of Sick Pilgrims at Lourdes
On his third day in France, the pope told worshippers that 'what is legal is not necessarily moral,' weeks after French lawmakers approved lethal medication for the incurably ill.
WatchWorldPope Leo Opens First Papal State Visit to France in 18 Years, Warning of a 'Paradise of Machines'
Speaking at the Élysée Palace and UNESCO, the American pope called nuclear deterrence "mistaken" and urged AI developers and regulators to slow down as more than a million people prepared to see him.
WorldFrance Will Send Troops and Air Defenses to Guard Saudi Arabia's Yanbu Oil Port
Macron says the soldiers and radar will protect the Red Sea terminal of the pipeline Saudi Arabia now depends on while Hormuz is shut, after new Houthi missile and drone attacks.
WorldA Chunk of Rail Was Lying on the Track. A Rouen-to-Caen Train Hit It, Flipped a Carriage and Injured 44
French police say a piece of rail found on the line at Cléon was 'probably' what derailed Friday evening's regional train, and a malicious act is now the main line of inquiry. An 18-year-old woman was airlifted to hospital in critical condition.
WorldFrance Counted 52 Heatwave Days This Summer and Roughly 7,000 Extra Deaths. Three-Quarters Were Over 75
Health Minister Stephanie Rist gave the figure Friday, covering the period through late July. The 2003 summer that shocked France had 22 heatwave days.
WorldThe Last Kremlin Critic Who Stayed Recorded a Video in Front of the Eiffel Tower: 'I'm Alive and Free'
Boris Nadezhdin, barred as a 'foreign agent' from September's parliamentary elections, announced Monday that he has left Russia for France.
ScienceHidden Charcoal in a Cave Bison's Black Lines Finally Dates France's Font-de-Gaume Art — and It Was Painted Across 7,000 Years
Scientists believed the black pigments were pure mineral oxides, making radiocarbon dating impossible. Two non-destructive techniques found charcoal running through the lines, and the samples came back with wildly different ages.
WorldSpain Declares a National Emergency as Wildfires Force More Than 250,000 From Their Homes Across Spain and France
Madrid's regional president calls it the worst fire in the region's history, while France's interior minister says the evacuation around Bordeaux is probably the largest the country has carried out in peacetime.
WorldWildfire Forces 44,000 to Flee France's Cap Ferret Peninsula in Land-and-Sea Evacuation
A fast-moving blaze near Bordeaux emptied one of France's most fashionable summer retreats, with hundreds of vacationers ferried to safety by boat as Europe bakes in another heat wave.
WatchWorldFrance Becomes the First EU Country to Ban Social Media for Children Under 15
Lawmakers approved a sweeping law that will block under-15s from platforms like TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram, with new accounts barred in September and existing ones deleted by January 2027.
WorldTwo Firefighters Killed in France as Spain Battles Its Biggest Wildfire of the Year Amid Europe Heat
A blaze in southwestern France claimed two firefighters’ lives while a fire in Spain’s Guadalajara province burned uncontrolled for a sixth day, forcing more than 1,200 people from their homes as extreme heat gripped the continent.
WorldFrance Stages Its Largest-Ever Bastille Day Parade as Europe Rearms, With Zelensky the Guest of Honor
Nearly 7,600 troops, hundreds of European soldiers and dozens of aircraft filed down the Champs-Elysees in a display Paris cast as proof of 'Europe's strategic awakening' — Macron's final military parade as president.
WorldSpain Downs France 2-0 to Reach the World Cup Final as Yamal and Oyarzabal Shine
Mikel Oyarzabal's first-half penalty and a second-half strike from Pedro Porro carried Spain into the 2026 final, where it will meet the winner of England and Argentina.
WorldWorld Cup Semifinals Are Set: France-Spain and England-Argentina Collide for a Spot in the Final
Four of soccer's heavyweights survived a dramatic knockout round on U.S. soil, setting up a blockbuster final four in Dallas and Atlanta ahead of the July 19 final in New Jersey.
WorldMarine Le Pen Vows to Run for French President in 2027 — Even With a Court-Ordered Ankle Monitor
A Paris appeals court convicted the far-right leader of embezzlement and ordered her to wear an electronic monitor, but Le Pen says she'll appeal to France's highest court and 'campaign without an electronic bracelet.'
WorldWorld Cup Quarterfinals Kick Off on U.S. Soil as France and Morocco Renew Their Rivalry in Boston
The first expanded 48-team World Cup, co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico, reaches its final eight — beginning with a rematch of the 2022 semifinal between Kylian Mbappe's France and history-making Morocco.
WatchWorldLe Pen Declares She Will Run for French President Despite Court-Ordered Ankle Monitor
A Paris appeals court upheld Marine Le Pen's embezzlement conviction and ordered a year of electronic monitoring, yet trimmed her ban from public office just enough to clear a path to the 2027 ballot.
WorldExplosions Rock Damascus During Macron's Landmark Syria Visit, Wounding 18
Two roadside bombs tore through central Damascus near the hotel where the French president had stayed, as Emmanuel Macron — the first Western leader in Syria since Assad's fall — met the country's new president.
WorldMacron Will Visit Syria, the First Western Leader to Do So Since Assad's Fall
French President Emmanuel Macron plans to travel to Damascus with a business delegation to meet President Ahmad al-Sharaa, a striking sign of Syria's rehabilitation two years after the ouster of Bashar Assad.
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Mbappé Penalty Sends France Past Gritty Paraguay 1-0 and Into the World Cup Quarterfinals
The French captain converted from the spot in the 70th minute in Philadelphia for his seventh goal of the tournament, as Paraguay bowed out after a bruising, ill-tempered round-of-16 clash.
WorldRecord-Breaking Heat Dome Bakes Europe, Smashing June Temperature Records
Paris hit 40.9°C and the U.K. logged its hottest June day on record near 38°C as a Saharan heat dome pushed Spain and Portugal toward 44°C.
WorldOne Dead, Nearly 900 Arrested as PSG's Champions League Triumph Sparks Violence Across France
Paris Saint-Germain beat Arsenal in a Budapest penalty shootout for a second straight European title, but the celebrations turned deadly before a peaceful parade drew 100,000 to the Champ de Mars.
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French Magistrate Opens Criminal Inquiry Into Khashoggi Killing With Saudi Crown Prince Named in Complaint
A Paris investigating judge from the crimes-against-humanity unit will now formally probe whether Mohammed bin Salman can be charged with torture and enforced disappearance over the 2018 murder of the Washington Post journalist, in the first European inquiry to target the de facto Saudi ruler.
Top News85-Year-Old French Woman Detained by ICE in Alabama Is Released
Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé was arrested amid an inheritance dispute after reconnecting with and marrying a former G.I.
WorldUK Leads 40-Nation Coalition to Reopen Strait of Hormuz as Iran Vows 'Forceful Response' to U.S. Blockade
Britain is coordinating NATO allies and partner nations on escort missions through the critical oil chokepoint while publicly distancing itself from America's blockade-and-eliminate strategy.
WorldWHO and France Launch Sweeping One Health Initiatives on World Health Day 2026
A landmark summit in Lyon unveiled four global initiatives including rabies elimination and a unified H5N1 response framework.
WorldJeffrey Epstein's Paris Network: How Sex Offender Cultivated France's Elite in Final Days
New revelations detail how the convicted criminal spent his last days of freedom meeting with influential French figures, using a familiar playbook.
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French President Macron Criticizes Trump Over Shifting Iran War Goals
Macron says Trump cannot be taken seriously due to repeatedly changing objectives, also faults president for berating NATO allies.
WorldMistral AI Raises $830 Million in Debt to Build Europe's Largest AI Data Center Near Paris
The French AI startup secured the financing from a seven-bank consortium to deploy 13,800 Nvidia GB300 GPUs in Bruyères-le-Châtel, as Europe races to build sovereign AI infrastructure.
WorldFrench Police Foil Bomb Attack Outside Bank of America in Paris, Arrest Three as Iran Link Probed
An improvised explosive device with 650 grams of powder was placed steps from the Champs-Élysées in what French intelligence described as 'the concretisation of the Iranian threat towards American interests in Europe.'
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France Foils Bomb Plot at Bank of America Paris HQ; Suspect Recruited via Snapchat for €600
French anti-terrorism prosecutors arrested three suspects after a device containing five liters of fuel and 650 grams of explosive powder was placed outside the US bank's Champs-Élysées headquarters; investigators link the plot to Iranian proxy networks.
WorldRubio Flies to France to Sell Skeptical G7 Allies on Iran War as Europe Demands Exit Strategy
The secretary of state arrived in Caen with a blunt message for allied foreign ministers: if you want the Strait of Hormuz reopened, step up and help — but met a cool reception and demands for diplomacy.
WorldSocialist Emmanuel Grégoire Elected Paris Mayor, Extending Left's 25-Year Hold on French Capital
Grégoire defeated conservative Rachida Dati 50.5% to 41% in Sunday's runoff, pledging to continue Paris's transformation into a greener, more pedestrian-friendly city.
WorldSeven Allies Back Strait of Hormuz Coalition — But None Will Send Ships
The UK, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan, and Canada signed a joint statement expressing readiness to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but diplomatic sources confirmed none will deploy naval vessels — a gesture that analysts called a face-saving move to placate an enraged Trump.
