
French officials say a knifeman, possibly wearing an explosive vest, who attacked a Paris police station has been shot dead. Police sources say the knifeman attempted to enter the building in the 18th Arrondissement in Paris just moments after a President Francois
by Sarkis Zeronian7 Jan 2016, 4:00 AM PST0

Contents: France demands that Russia target only ISIS in Syria; Putin’s Syria intervention hobbled by weak Russian economy
by John J. Xenakis1 Dec 2015, 6:12 AM PST0

Marine Le Pen and her Front National (FN) party are together riding a cresting wave of support in the wake of the Paris terrorist attacks. Latest polling shows the FN is on course to govern two – and possibly three – French
by Simon Kent30 Nov 2015, 7:08 AM PST0

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia is willing to “cooperate” with the West in Syria against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) but does not believe the West is ready to work with their coalition.
by Mary Chastain27 Nov 2015, 6:53 PM PST0

Following a meeting with French President François Hollande at the Kremlin on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected the notion that Turkey was unaware the plane it shot down for allegedly violating the nation’s airspace was Russian. Putin said the insignia were present
by Jeff Poor26 Nov 2015, 10:34 PM PST0

French President Francois Hollande on Thursday will hold talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, as part of his diplomatic marathon to forge a broader coalition against Islamic State jihadists in the wake of the Paris attacks. The French president will
by AFP26 Nov 2015, 2:06 AM PST0

Egypt and Israel have thwarted an effort by the Obama administration to withdraw U.S. peacekeeping soldiers from the Sinai peninsula. Obama had recently floated the idea of reducing the U.S. presence in the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO).
by Joel B. Pollak25 Nov 2015, 10:54 AM PST0

French President Francois Hollande confirmed yesterday that despite the Jihadi attacks on Paris last week his country will still receive 30,000 migrants over the next two years, “showing solidarity towards these refugees and towards Europe.” President Hollande was addressing a meeting of French mayors when he
by Sarkis Zeronian19 Nov 2015, 7:28 AM PST0

French President Francois Hollande says that, despite the terrorist attacks in Paris that killed more than 120 people, “life must go on” and that his nation will still accept 30,000 Syrian refugees.
by Michelle Fields18 Nov 2015, 7:47 AM PST0

Contents: American politics becomes infused with anti-Muslim xenophobia; Paris attack significantly worsens Europe refugee crisis
by John J. Xenakis17 Nov 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

French President François Hollande announced during a rare appearance before both Houses of the French Parliament at the Palace of Versailles that “France is at war.”
by Mary Chastain16 Nov 2015, 9:15 AM PST0

Contents: France launches ‘massive attack’ on ISIS – 20 bombs; Beirut wonders why their terror bombing is less important than Paris’s
by John J. Xenakis16 Nov 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

Contents: World reacts to Paris attack
by John J. Xenakis15 Nov 2015, 8:00 AM PST0

Beyond the horrific deaths, injuries, and panic from seven coordinated terror attacks in Paris, the consequences of France’s 9-11 will likely be a serious deflationary recession and right-wing nationalism spreading across Europe.
by Chriss W. Street14 Nov 2015, 3:12 PM PST0

Contents: Lebanon’s government in paralysis following Beirut terror attack; France closes borders in state of emergency after Paris attacks; Europe’s Schengen zone is put at risk by Paris attack
by John J. Xenakis14 Nov 2015, 8:50 AM PST0

Columnist and author Mark Steyn argued that a “large pool of people” who “provide a comfort zone within which this virus incubates” and that Western leaders are going to have to ask themselves “is it really a good idea to
by Ian Hanchett14 Nov 2015, 7:36 AM PST0

Reports are coming in from Paris on Friday afternoon of a shootout at a restaurant, and an explosion in a bar near the Stade de France stadium, where a soccer game between France and Germany was in progress. Multiple fatalities have been reported at the restaurant.
by John Hayward13 Nov 2015, 1:56 PM PST0

Contents: Arms race grows between Serbia and Croatia; EU and African leaders clash amid accusations of ‘Fortress Europe'; Sweden, Slovenia and Denmark take steps to block the migrant flow
by John J. Xenakis12 Nov 2015, 6:20 AM PST0

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is set to make official visits to France, Italy, and the Vatican next week. In doing so, he will be the first Iranian president to make state visits through Europe in a decade, according to reports.
by Jordan Schachtel10 Nov 2015, 12:36 PM PST0

France’s top weatherman has been suspended from his job for questioning the cult of global warming. Philippe Verdier, a household name for his nightly weather reports on the France 2 channel, has just published a book in which he argues that the climate
by James Delingpole15 Oct 2015, 5:24 AM PST0

For the first time in 25 years, the French President and German Chancellor, now Hollande and Merkel, came to address the European Parliament in Strasbourg. The feeling was very different to those days when Kohl and Mitterand, monsters that they
by Nigel Farage MEP9 Oct 2015, 1:42 AM PST0

UKIP leader Nigel Farage has blasted the German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the French President Francois Hollande in the European Parliamentary chamber in Strasbourg today, following their guest speeches in which they urged “more Europe” and further European Union (EU) integration.
by Raheem Kassam7 Oct 2015, 7:54 AM PST0

STRASBOURG (Reuters) – Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande address the European Parliament on Wednesday, hoping to bolster EU cohesion to face interlocking crises in an echo of Franco-German unity in the days after the fall of the Berlin Wall. As
by Reuters7 Oct 2015, 2:21 AM PST0

Hungary should back mandatory migrant quotas or consider leaving the EU, the French President has said. As Hungarians continue to resist EU-imposed quotas on how many migrants they should accept, French President François Hollande told Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban:
by Nick Hallett25 Sep 2015, 4:08 AM PST0

Jinan Badel, a young Yazidi girl who escaped the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), met with French President Francois Hollande where he offered her asylum. She politely turned down his offer so she can return to Iraqi Kurdistan.
by Mary Chastain11 Sep 2015, 4:22 PM PST0