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Air traffic at Hanover Airport in northern Germany was disrupted after several unidentified drones were spotted flying near the facility on Friday evening, according to local media reports. As a precautionary measure, airport authorities temporarily closed two runways, leading to flight cancellations and delays. Several aircraft were diverted......

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 Avenue de Choisy reported heavy smoke......

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 morning at the gendarmerie brigade in......

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 fall of the Barnier government in 2024,......

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 along the same metro line in central Paris......

Jean-Louis Gasset, a respected coach and emblematic figure of French football, passed away on Friday at the age of 72, according to an announcement by Montpellier Hérault Sport Club, where he served both as a player and a coach. Born in Montpellier, Gasset spent most of his playing career with the club between 1975 and 1985. As a former......

The iconic Grand Rex cinema in Paris is bringing back its trailer festival after several years of hiatus. Scheduled for January 5, 2026, the free event will showcase promotional previews of the most anticipated French and international films of the year. Alexandre Hellmann, General Director of the Grand Rex, explained that the idea of the......

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, the circumstances surrounding the woman’s......

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 actions committed during the colonial......

Paris – The alleged leader of a major drug trafficking network operating in the Paris region has been extradited from Morocco to France and formally charged by French judicial authorities, according to a statement released by the Lille public prosecutor’s office. The suspect, whose identity has not been disclosed,......

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 organization, recent months have seen......

Austrian painter Arnulf Rainer, one of the most influential figures in postwar European art, has passed away at the age of 96. Known for his radical technique of “overpainting,” Rainer redefined the boundaries of expression, turning destruction into a form of creation. His death, announced by his family and confirmed by Austrian......

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 reportedly opened her door to two individuals......