News in brief
A man experiencing homelessness was found dead early Saturday morning following a fire in an underground parking garage in Paris’s 13th arrondissement, according to police and judicial sources. Emergency services were alerted shortly before dawn after security staff at a residential building on......
Paris, December 27, 2025 — The driver suspected of deliberately ramming two motorcycle gendarmes in eastern France has surrendered to authorities, according to judicial and security sources. The man, who had been actively sought since the incident on Christmas Day, presented himself on Saturday......
Paris, December 27, 2025 — President Emmanuel Macron has promulgated a special law allowing the French government to continue financing the state for 2026 despite the absence of an official budget, according to the Journal Officiel on Saturday. This legislative tool, previously used after the......
Paris, December 27, 2025 — Three women were injured on Friday afternoon during a series of knife attacks on the Paris metro, according to French authorities. The suspect fled the scene before being arrested later the same day outside the capital. The attacks occurred at three different stations......
A woman was found dead on Wednesday morning in the inner courtyard of a residential building in Paris’s 18th arrondissement, police sources said on Thursday. Authorities were alerted after the body was discovered inside the building’s enclosed courtyard. According to initial information,......
Algeria’s Parliament has unanimously approved a law criminalizing French colonial rule between 1830 and 1962, a move carrying strong symbolic weight and likely to deepen already strained relations between Algiers and Paris. The legislation attributes legal responsibility to the French state for......
Paris – The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) has announced increased support for ten countries facing emergency situations, many of them linked to natural disasters and extreme weather events recorded during the autumn of 2025. According to the......
A woman was assaulted and robbed at gunpoint inside her apartment in central Paris on Saturday afternoon, with the estimated losses reaching around 100,000 euros, according to police sources. The incident occurred shortly after 2:00 p.m. in the 8th arrondissement, near Boulevard Haussmann. The victim......
French President Emmanuel Macron began an official visit to the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, where he is spending Christmas with French troops stationed in the Gulf country. The trip also aims to strengthen strategic cooperation between Paris and Abu Dhabi, particularly in security and defense matters. Upon......
An Air France flight traveling from Paris to Ajaccio was forced to make an emergency diversion to Lyon on Saturday afternoon due to a technical issue reported during the journey. The incident caused concern among passengers but resulted in no injuries. The Airbus A320 had departed from Paris Orly and......
Dakar, Senegal – Senegal has announced the suspension of all extraditions to France, accusing Paris of failing to cooperate on previous extradition requests. The decision was confirmed by Senegalese Justice Minister Yassine Fall during a parliamentary session on Thursday. The move comes as France......
Alexandre Djouhri, the Franco-Algerian businessman involved in the Libyan funding scandal linked to Nicolas Sarkozy’s 2007 presidential campaign, has been released under judicial supervision by the Paris Court of Appeal. Djouhri, 66, was previously sentenced to six years in prison. Under the court’s......
European climate scientists report that 2025 is almost guaranteed to rank as the second- or third-warmest year ever measured, continuing a worrying pattern of escalating global temperatures. According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service, global average temperatures from January to November were......
