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Some demonstrators walked as families through the French capital’s Place de la Republique and carried emotional banners. “I don’t want my parents to die at work,” read one, held by a teenage boy.

Court sentenced six members of a people smuggling network operating in the English Channel to between two and five years in prison.

Migrant with a series of convictions arrested after allegedly trying to rape a 13-year-old girl, being stopped in his tracks by another teen. 

A woman living in Paris who allegedly set a fire to “annoy” her neighbour is on trial this week after the fire spread, killing ten people. 

A form of digital age verification will soon be required in order to access porn sites in France, a minister has claimed.

Urban violence and shootings have become so common in an area in France that one resident has compared the area to the Ukraine war.

Populist Reconquest MEP Nicolas Bay has been stripped of his parliamentary immunity after allegations of “hate speech” over criticism of a mosque development in northern France.

Turkey for a second day on Friday railed against a group of Western countries that temporarily shut their consulates in Istanbul.

Statistics released by the French interior ministry have revealed that nearly all serious crimes increased in number last year, including murder, sexual violence, and theft.

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is not a madman but “radically rational”, according to Emmanuel Macron’s predecessor as President of France.

Moscow has slammed suggestions that the West should send fighter jets to Ukraine, labelling the idea that such a transfer of weapons might not escalate tensions “absurd”.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – French naval forces in January seized thousands of assault rifles, machine guns, and anti-tank missiles in the Gulf of Oman coming from Iran heading to Yemen’s Houthi rebels, officials said Thursday, the latest such interdiction amid the Mideast nation´s long-running war.

French President Emmanuel Macron has said that he will not rule out sending fighter jets to Ukraine, reports have claimed.

First-time asylum claims rose to near pre-pandemic highs in France in 2022, with over 137,000 migrants applying for international protection.

The European Union is considering restricting visas to countries that do not accept deportations following a meeting in Sweden. 

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday held a commissioning ceremony for the first of four massive oil rigs operated by the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC).

In a stunning statement, Germany’s Foreign Minister declared that her country and Europe as a whole is in a “war against Russia” in Ukraine.

Two churches in the city of Paris have been subjected to arson attacks over several days as police have yet to arrest any suspects. 

The navies of India and France ended planned joint exercises on Tuesday in which French officials expressed interest in expanding the country’s sales of military equipment to New Delhi — a clear attempt at dethroning India’s current top weapons supplier, Russia.

French mayor cancelled drag queen storytime for children after a petition against the event garnered around 5,000 signatures. 

Statistics have revealed that France saw around 131,000 asylum requests in 2022, approaching the record numbers seen prior to the pandemic. 

France has 400 special forces soldiers stationed in junta-ruled Burkina to battle an Islamist insurgency, but relations have deteriorated.

The worldwide food and fuel crises saw a spike in protests in countries across Europe in 2022, research by the American University has found.

The United States is the “most permissive country” for child sex change operations and gender “transition” drug treatments compared to any European country.

Two Morrocan migrants were arrested after hurling racial abuse at two French police officers and threatening to slit their throats.

A French nun who was believed to be the world´s oldest person has died a few weeks before her 119th birthday.

French dairy giant Danone said Tuesday it wants to slash methane emissions by 30 percent within seven years, pointing to the way the cows it uses are raised, handled, and milked as ripe for change.

France has published the number of births for 2022, reportedly the lowest since records began with the new state in 1946. 

A considerable minority of French, and a full half of Parisians, claim they do not feel safe while travelling on public transit.

A French church in the commune of Champagne-au-Mont-d’Or in the suburbs of Lyon was vandalised this week, with paintings and statues smashed.

Investigators said the suspect presents himself as a 31-year-old Algerian national and was known to French authorities under several identities for home invasion, theft, and rebellion in 2019 and 2021. He received orders to leave French territory in 2020 and in September of last year, the statement detailed.

A 21-year-old Tunisian suspected of drug dealing was arrested this week in the city of Toulon after attacking French police officers, injuring two.

(AFP) – The French and German foreign ministers called on Africa to condemn Russian aggression in Ukraine on Friday, while pressing for deeper ties between the European Union and countries across the continent.

(AFP) – President Emmanuel Macron has said he will not “ask forgiveness” from Algeria for French colonisation but hopes to continue working towards reconciliation with his counterpart Abdelmajid Tebboune.

A group of Turkish background people in the French department of Essonne are accused of beheading animals in a home to ward off “demons” on Christmas Day, with one man arrested.

An Algerian was arrested by police in Paris Wednesday after allegedly stabbing six people at a railway station while yelling “Allahu Akbar”.