Thieves have taken 40 grenades, 200 detonators and an unspecified quantity of military-grade explosives from an army depot in Southern France, raising the possibility that the materiel may fall into the hands of terrorists. French radio reports the thieves were able
Echoing comments previously made by Nigel Farage and the head of the EU’s judicial cooperation agency Eurojust, the French Minister of Defence, Jean-Yves Le Drian, today warned that in the absence of a political solution an Islamic State (IS) controlled Libya – “a thieves’
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has applied for political asylum in France after a minister indicated that it might be viewed favourably. The Elysee Palace promptly rejected the request with a polite ‘non’. In an open letter to French President Francois
A new poll commissioned by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) shows anti-Semitism in France is in dramatic decline, also dropping in Germany and Belgium, but the news is not universally good. The same poll showed that more than half of all Muslims in Western Europe
French taxi-drivers have had a kicking from the free market as travellers reject the unionised, expensive traditional cabs and instead joined the Uber service in record numbers. French taxi drivers rioted against the insurgent Uber taxi app last week, inadvertently
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The Eurotunnel was blocked for a second time this week as striking French ferry workers set tyres alight on the track. No trains were running for three hours, and only a restricted service will run tonight. Not content with simply
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve has announced the deportation of 40 foreign imams since 2012 for “preaching hatred”, a quarter since the terror attacks in Paris in January this year. Reinforcing the government’s commitment to clamping down on mosques and preachers inciting hatred,
The Channel Tunnel closed again on Tuesday due to protesting MyFerryLink workers, its operator Eurotunnel and French traffic supervision body Bison Fute said. The entrance to the tunnel was blocked by angry workers who set fire to tyres thrown on
France’s top administrative court has ruled that border controls on the French/Italian border do not violate the Schengen agreement, confirming the country can stop migrants entering through Italy. The migrants, predominantly Africans, have become a source of tension between the two
The CEO of Uber France and the general manager of Uber (Europe) have been arrested amidst violent protests in Paris against the app-based taxi service. The arrests mark the latest skirmish in the war between the French government and Uber. According to
Americans were once again given a stern and ominous warning to stay “vigilant” to the threat of terrorist attacks leading up to July Fourth festivities. This warning comes after the recent radical Islamic terrorist attacks overseas in Kuwait, France, and Tunisia were carried out, as well as continued Islamist threats against the U.S.
Construction of a new high-security fence to secure France’s migration zone in Calais begins today – thanks to the UK. More than two miles of fence will be built in an effort to stem the chaos caused by thousands of illegal
French media is reporting that Yassin Salhi, the driver who decapitated his boss before before ramming a truck into the American-owned Air Products factory in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier near Lyon, has confessed to the murder. French authorities are still calling it a terrorist attack, however
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Among the evidence that the attack was linked to ISIS is some Twitter chatter to that effect from ISIS supporters. From all accounts, the flags waved by the terrorist and left near the severed head sound like the ISIS banner.
One man is dead and several injured in an attack on a factory in Grenoble, France. There are reports of a loud explosion at the factory and at least two attackers carrying Islamist flags.
The French National Assembly voted on Wednesday to distribute $60 million to non-French victims of the Holocaust. The fund is set to be administered by the United States. It will be distributed to foreign nationals who were deported from France to Nazi death camps, especially Auschwitz, on French rail lines.
Courtney Love, the 50-year-old rock singer and widow of Kurt Cobain, was today held hostage with her driver during a taxi drivers’ demonstration in Paris. Claiming to be “safer in Baghdad” Love witnessed angry protestors she likened to a “French Taliban” disrupting
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Emmanuel Karenzi Karake, head of Rwanda’s intelligence agency, has been arrested in the UK on behalf of Spain for an array of crimes allegedly committed following the end of the 1994 genocide that left 800,000 dead. Rwanda is calling the arrest an “atrocity” and “unacceptable” attempt by Europe to “degrade Africa.”
An “EU a la carte” is not on offer for Britain warns Emmanuel Macron, French Minister of the Economy, Industry and the Digital Sector, because for David Cameron to pick the aspects of EU membership he likes and reject the rest would
The US envoy in Paris has been summoned to an urgent face-to-face meeting with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius today over claims that the US spied on President Francois Hollande and his two predecessors. Whistleblower website Wikileaks alleges the US National Security
On Wednesday, Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, led by the bearskin capped regimental band of the famous Coldstream Guards dedicated a new monument to the regular British soldiers who courageously turned the tide at the battle of Waterloo.
