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The victims include 54 Spanish nationals and 15 foreigners – four US citizens, two Australians, two Japanese and one each from Argentina, Canada, France, Mexico, Portugal, Tunisia and the Czech Republic....
Look at many of the images of the recent cost of living protests that have gripped France, and you'll notice clouds of whiteish-grey tear gas. So do French police really use it more often than in neighbouring countries? And why?...
The route for Thursday's nationwide strike demonstration in Paris has yet to be approved by police, with unions once again facing uncertainty over where they will be allowed to march....
France has opened an attempted murder investigation after petrol bombs were thrown at police during protests over the rising cost of living in Paris.
The five men, from an 'ultra-right movement,' were arrested on Thursday while broadcasting live footage online near the northern Channel port of Dunkirk, said the local prefecture. They were carrying tear gas, pepper spray canisters, a stick and a baton....
No suspects have been arrested at this point. The attack happened during clashes after a third weekend of France-wide demonstrations against soaring living costs....
French police say they've arrested five British far-right activists found carrying tear gas bombs as they were filming themselves harassing migrants near the northern Channel port of Dunkirk....
France has launched an attempted murder investigation after petrol bombs were thrown at security forces during a weekend protest in Paris, prosecutors told AFP on Sunday....
Hundreds of thousands of mostly young protesters, some dressed as clowns and witches for Halloween, took to the streets across France on Saturday in a third weekend of demonstrations over living costs and education. Police fired tear gas in Paris after clashes broke out at the en...
With student groups and Yellow Vest activists set for a third consecutive weekend of demonstrations against poor conditions in schools and the rising cost of living, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez has said 70,000 police officers and gendarmes will be deployed across France on Sa...
Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said the marches had been largely orderly, but police arrested more than 500 people across the country. Four police officers and one gendarme were injured in Paris, three of them burned by Molotov cocktails....
French police fired tear gas and clashed with some protesters on Saturday as thousands marched across France against soaring living costs and police violence, with some demonstrators dressed as clowns and witches for Halloween....
Mass protests are expected to sweep across France this Saturday, coinciding with Halloween celebrations as authorities deploy a major security operation....
As French government bond yields surpassed 5% for the first time since 2002, the specter of a true budget crisis is drawing closer. The main firewall remains the European Central Bank, while an intervention by the International Monetary Fund appears to be almost certainly ruled o...
France's gross domestic product declined by 0.1% in the third quarter, after stagnating in the second quarter and falling by 0.2% in the first. Economy Minister Roland Lescure warned of a 'crash' if fiscal consolidation measures are not included in the next budget....
France’s interior minister has warned of a “very high risk of public disorder” and announced the deployment of around 70,000 police officers for a new wave of protests this weekend....
After challenging the results of the 2020 elections, Donald Trump is now determined to shape both the process and the outcome of the November 3 midterms, writes Le Monde columnist Gilles Paris....
Following a series of recent protests in France that have seen public buildings damaged and clashes with police, the government is pushing ahead with a controversial bill aimed at making people pay for damage caused during public gatherings....
Hundreds of people gathered at Marseille's Vieux-Port on Monday evening to protest against racism following a deadly shooting near Paris. Police estimated the crowd at 800, while organisers put attendance at more than 1,000....
The French government sought to draw a line Monday under weeks of protests that have been marred by violence, with President Emmanuel Macron heading to Marseille. France has been rocked by widespread anger over the rising cost of living, with nationwide demonstrations on October ...
Saturday, October 31st, will be another day of protests in France, with the Interior Minister warning of a high risk of violence - across France, 70,000 police will be deployed. Here's what to expect....
France saw another day of nationwide protests on Saturday, with more than 400,000 people taking to the streets over the rising cost of living and school funding. Most marches remained peaceful, a week after riots and looting hit several cities. However, police say more than 1,300...
French President Emmanuel Macron, who visited Trappes on Friday, has described the shooting as a "racist terrorist attack."
The day after the first day of the National Rally congress in Orléans, in central France, passed without any major incidents, Marine Le Pen is due to deliver her first major campaign speech on Sunday afternoon, 25 October, under heavy police surveillance. The speech, centred on t...
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen is launching her presidential campaign today. The National Rally candidate is due to deliver her first campaign speech in Orléans, addressing around 10,000 party members. Police were controlling traffic entering the city this morning, following a la...
A man suspected of carrying out a gun attack that killed one person and wounded five in the Paris suburbs has been transferred from police custody to a psychiatric unit for observation, French anti-terror prosecutors said on Sunday....
At least 1,300 people were arrested on the sidelines of Saturday's protests across France and at least 50 officers and three protesters were hurt, the interior ministry said Sunday. The arrests occurred as clashes broke out on the margins of largely calm demonstrations in major c...
It was the second consecutive weekend of unrest in France, which is heading to presidential elections in April and May to choose a successor to Emmanuel Macron, who is reaching his two-term limit....
A shooter suspected of killing one person and wounding five others on Friday in the town of Trappes, near Paris, has had his police custody suspended for a 48-hour psychiatric observation, anti-terror prosecutors said Sunday. The 39-year-old man is believed to have had racist mot...
