French police shoot dead Strasbourg suspect
Strasbourg: French police on Thursday shot dead a gunman who had been on the run since killing three people at Strasbourg’s popular Christmas market. More than 700 French security forces Continue Reading
Macron acknowledges protests, but won’t ‘change course’
PARIS .- French President Emmanuel Macron sought to take the heat out of mass anti-government protests over taxes on Tuesday, saying he had heard the anger but would not change Continue Reading
Sarkozy should be tried over campaign funding, says French court
PARIS: A French appeals court ruled on Thursday that former president Nicolas Sarkozy should stand trial on charges of illicit financing of his failed 2012 presidential campaign. Sarkozy, 63, will Continue Reading
France’s ban on veils violates human rights, a UN committee says
New York: In 2010, when France passed a law that banned full-face coverings in public, some police organisations warned that they didn’t have the resources to enforce it. At the Continue Reading