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March 26, 2021

French President Macron has no regrets for rejecting third virus lockdown

France’s president says he has no reason to be sorry about refusing to impose a third national lockdown earlier this year, even though surging coronavirus infections are straining his country’s hospitals and more than 1,000 people with the virus are dying every week.

February 11, 2021

Saudi women's rights activist freed after being 'forced to kiss, perform sex acts' on prison interrogators

A Saudi women’s rights activist who pushed to end the country's ban on female drivers has been freed after spending just over 1,000 days in prison, where she reportedly “had been forced to kiss and perform other sexual acts on [her] interrogators.” 

January 19, 2021

Macron calls on Biden for greater US military involvement

French President Emmanuel Macron hoped on Tuesday that U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will show a greater military commitment to fight against Islamic extremists in several theaters of conflict and especially in the Middle East.

December 19, 2020

France's Macron blames his COVID-19 on negligence, bad luck

The president insists that by following safety rules, he limited his potential to spread the virus further.

December 17, 2020

French President Macron tests positive for coronavirus

French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to a statement by his office on Thursday. 

December 5, 2020

Paris sees second weekend of protests, violence over controversial security law

Lawmakers have pledged to rewrite the law, but protesters continue to demonstrate against it as a whole, with many believing it undermines a free press.

December 4, 2020

France struggles with systemic racism and new security law as protests rock country

France has been roiled for days, with mass protests and collective outrage, over a proposed security law that would criminalize recording or photographing police behavior with “obvious intention to harm their physical and psychological integrity” in the public square.

November 1, 2020

UFC star Khabib Nurmagomedov slams France's Macron amid recent attacks in country

UFC legend Khabib Nurmagomedov took swipes at French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday following the European leader’s defense of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad.

November 1, 2020

Orthodox priest shot at church in France, motive unknown

A Greek Orthodox priest was shot Saturday while he was closing his church in the French city of Lyon, and authorities locked down part of the city to hunt for the assailant, authorities said.

October 30, 2020

New arrest after France church attack, security tightened

A new suspect is in custody Friday in the investigation into a gruesome attack by a Tunisian man who killed three people in a French church, as France heightened its security alert amid religious and geopolitical tensions around cartoons mocking the Muslim prophet.