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A man suspected of trying to set a synagogue ablaze in the southern French city of la Grande-Motte was arrested late Saturday after a shoot out with police, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said.

The French government ordered police reinforcements to protect Jewish places of worship after a suspected arson attack on a synagogue.

A request by deceased French actor Alain Delon for his pet dog to be put down and buried alongside him has been denied.

The leaders of the French far-left have threatened to impeach President Emmanuel Macron over an “institutional coup against democracy”.

A search is underway for two missing pilots after two French jet fighters crashed mid-air during a training exercise.

“Moderate” Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian demands British Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemn Israel for “crimes” in Gaza.

Which might sharpen the mind more? Trio of Europeans write to Iran, warning it will “bear responsibility” if it attacks Israel.

Three German swimmers became ill after competing in the open water races in the Seine River at the Paris Olympics.

No getting around concerns about the safety of swimming in the long-polluted Seine River, not to mention contending with its strong current.

The French pole vaulter who failed to capture a medal at the Paris Olympics after his bulging genitals hit the bar has spoken out.

Chinese state television broadcaster CCTV on Sunday pulled the plug on its Olympic coverage to avoid showing Taiwan’s badminton team winning the gold medal by defeating the top-rated Chinese team.

In a recent interview, Rumble CEO Chris Pavlovski says that his platform has left markets including Russia, France, and Brazil because the governments are attempting to censor free speech. Meanwhile, competitors including Google’s YouTube go along with countries intent on silencing free speech.

Shipments of Russian liquified natural gas to France more than doubled the first half of this year, according to new analyses of trade data.

Belgium said it would withdraw from the mixed relay triathlon at the Olympics after one of its competitors who swam in the Seine River fell ill.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with French media this week that he would support the presence of Russia at a second iteration of the failed global peace summit for his country held this year.

One of the stranger facets is the apparent agreement by its creators that part of the purpose was to refute a French conservative theme park.

Since the new Labour Party government came into power earlier this month, over 3,000 illegal boat migrants have crossed the English Channel.

A French DJ and LGBTQ activist is taking legal action over online abuse regarding her role in the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony’s “Last Supper” display. Barbara Butch’s attorney, Audrey Msellati, wrote in a statement posted to Butch’s Instagram that

A Chinese state outlet mocked French culture for its “sense of relaxation” on Monday, blaming it for errors at the Paris Olympics.

The leftist-populist Slovak government announced it will not attend the closing ceremonies of the Olympics over the “insult” to Christianity.

Daily water tests measure levels of fecal bacteria known as E. coli. Efforts to make the river suitable for swimming cost €1.4 billion.

A drag queen who carried the torch of the Olympic flame in Paris’s opening ceremony told critics, “We ain’t going nowhere.”

Concerns about the water quality in the Seine River led officials to call off the swimming portion of an Olympic triathlon training session.

A despairing French government said multiple telecommunications links were hit by “cowardly” acts of vandalism early Monday morning, with fiber lines being taken out along with fixed and mobile phone infrastructure as cities around the country host events for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

French government making clear it believes the “ultra-left” is responsible for taking out the railway lines leading into Paris last week.

The artistic director of the LBGT-themed Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony has claimed he did not intend to portray the Last Supper.

A broadcaster for Eurosport was removed from covering the Paris 2024 Olympics after he made a seemingly sexist comment about the Australian women’s swimming team. Bob Ballard was heard making a comment about knowing “what women are like,” adding that

Minnesota Bishop Robert Barron described a statement from the organizers of the 2024 Paris Olympics, apologizing for an LGBTQ parody of the “Last Supper” during the opening ceremony, as “anything but an apology.”

Organizers for the Paris Olympics issued an apology to people who were left offended by an LGBTQ parody of the Last Supper during the opening ceremony.

Donald Trump Jr. on Saturday blasted the “leftist insanity” of the Olympics opening ceremonies in Paris, France.

Following the Olympic Opening Ceremony, which appeared to mock the Last Supper, major areas of Paris experienced a blackout on Saturday.

MEP Marion Maréchal urged the world to not blame France for the “left-wing minority” behind the anti-Christian insults during the opening ceremony of the Olympics.

French railway firm SNCF said it has made progress in restoring high-speed train services after acts of sabotage disrupted three major lines.

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) praised the opening ceremony of the Olympics in Paris, France, as being “imaginative, inventive and memorable.”

Two staffers with the Olympic broadcast team for Australia’s Nine Entertainment were reportedly attacked during an attempted robbery.

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz warned France that Jerusalem believes Iran is planning to attack the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.