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French authorities intercepted two vehicles transporting 600 kilograms of cannabis resin in Biarritz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques. Five individuals have been placed in pre-trial detention, according to the Béthune prosecutor’s office. Three of the vehicle occupants—two Spanish......
The Iranian national currency, the rial, hit a historic low against the US dollar on Sunday morning following the reinstatement of UN sanctions, according to several currency tracking websites. Informal market rates indicate that one dollar is exchanging for approximately 1.12 million rials, while one......
Until January 4, the Camille Claudel Museum in Nogent-sur-Seine is shedding light on female artists who defied societal prejudice during the Belle Époque to pursue their vocation. Sculptures, photographs, drawings, and letters highlight the challenges faced by women like Camille Claudel, Marie......
A 20-year-old man has been formally charged and placed in pre-trial detention in France after the rape and death of an 80-year-old woman in Niort, in the Deux-Sèvres department. The Poitiers prosecutor’s office announced the decision on Saturday. The events occurred during the night of......
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced that his new government will be appointed before the parliamentary session begins on October 1, in an interview published Friday by Le Parisien. “The government will be named before the start of parliamentary work. I want to continue working......
The Paris prosecutor’s office has initiated two investigations following an alarming wave of threats directed at the judge who sentenced former president Nicolas Sarkozy to prison. These hostile messages began circulating online just one day after Sarkozy received a five-year prison term for illegal......
In Marseille, customs authorities have intensified their efforts to combat tobacco trafficking, a phenomenon that has taken root in France’s second-largest city. According to official figures, more than 10 tons of illicit tobacco were seized in 2024, highlighting the scale of the underground market. Experts......
Two migrants lost their lives overnight from Friday to Saturday during an attempt to cross the English Channel near Boulogne-sur-Mer in northern France, local authorities confirmed. The incident occurred off the beaches of Neufchâtel-Hardelot as around one hundred migrants tried to set out to......
The French Army is preparing to take a major step in military innovation with Project Pendragon, a program designed to integrate artificial intelligence and robotics into its ground forces. According to General Pierre Schill, Chief of Staff of the French Army, the first unit of robots controlled......
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took an unusual flight route to New York on Thursday, bypassing French and several Central European airspaces, despite France having authorized Israel to use its skies. His official plane, known as the “Wing of Zion,” instead flew over Cyprus, Greece,......
A man was placed in police custody after shooting his neighbor in Floirac, near Bordeaux, on Monday evening. According to Sud-Ouest, the incident occurred in the parking lot of a residence on rue des Steamers. The alleged shooter, aged 48, reportedly waited for his 35-year-old neighbor to arrive before......
This Friday, September 26, the commune of La Rouquette in Aveyron will inaugurate the largest citizen-led collective self-consumption project in France. According to Actu.fr, more than 10,500 m² of photovoltaic panels have been installed on the communal parking lots of the ZAE de La Glèbe.......
Paris – The family of Cécile Kohler, a 40-year-old French teacher imprisoned in Iran since May 2022, expressed cautious optimism on Thursday after French President Emmanuel Macron spoke of a “solid prospect” for the release of French detainees in the country. Kohler and her......
