France

Abaya dresses worn by certain Muslim women will no longer be permitted in French schools, the education minister announced on Sunday, citing the country’s stringent secular education rules. “It will no longer be possible to wear...

The Elysee and Buckingham Palace announced Thursday that King Charles III will visit France for a state visit next month, a few months after a planned trip was postponed because of demonstrations. The head of state...

France has suspended economic and budgetary help to Burkina Faso, the French foreign ministry stated on Sunday. The remark comes only days after Burkina Faso and Mali said that any military involvement against Niger’s new military...

The French embassy in Niamey said Tuesday that the country’s nationals will be evacuated “very soon” from Niger, where a coup last week sparked anti-French riots. “In the face of a degrading security situation in Niamey,...

On Friday, France captain Kylian Mbappe and Les Bleus called for a halt to violence and “dialogue and reconstruction” as France faced a fourth night of protests following the deadly police shooting of a teenager. “The...

France deployed 45,000 officers backed by light armored vehicles on Friday to deal with a fourth night of violent protests following the deadly police shooting of a teenager. Police and other security personnel were sent around...

Unrest erupted in France for the second night in a row, with thousands of security personnel deployed to prevent additional violent protests after the death shooting of a teenager by police. A 17-year-old was shot in...

In Volvic, the location of one of the most renowned mineral springs in the world, the public fountains have been shut off. At the foot of the old volcanic hills of central France, just a short...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should face justice for “hundreds of deaths” and “use of chemical weapons” during the country’s civil war, France’s foreign minister said on Tuesday. During a televised interview, Catherine Colonna remarked, “the answer...

France promised Ukraine dozens more light tanks and armored vehicles on Monday, after President Emmanuel Macron met Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky in Paris, as Kyiv prepares for a widely anticipated counter-offensive. Following stops in Rome and...