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Articles by Benoit Van Overstraeten

Government & Politics

Driver rams into pedestrians in western France, five injured

November 5, 2025 Sudip Kar-Gupta, Inti Landauro, Dominique Vidalon and Benoit Van Overstraeten  

(Reuters) A French man rammed his car into pedestrians and cyclists on Oleron island off France’s Atlantic coast on Wednesday, injuring five people and shouting “Allahu Akbar” when arrested by police, officials said. Officials including Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said the motive […]

Crime

Netherlands summons Iranian ambassador over alleged assassination attempts

April 24, 2025 Anthony Deutsch and Benoit Van Overstraeten  

(Reuters) Iran’s ambassador to the Netherlands was summoned on Thursday after the Dutch intelligence agency said it suspected Tehran of being behind two assassination attempts in Europe, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said. The Dutch general intelligence agency, known as the AIVD, said […]

Government & Politics

France’s new interior minister vows immigration curbs in rightward shift

September 24, 2024 Gabriel Stargardter and Benoit Van Overstraeten  

(Reuters) France is likely to see much tougher immigration and security measures to reflect a broad rightward shift in society, its new interior minister said in remarks hinting at the minority government’s dependence on the tacit support of the far right. Bruno […]

Legal

France jails women for failed Notre Dame car bombing: report

October 14, 2019 Benoit Van Overstraeten and Sophie Louet  

(Reuters) A French court on Monday handed down sentences of at least 25 years in jail for two women with ties to Islamist militants who made a failed attempt to set off a crude car bomb outside Paris’s Notre-Dame cathedral three years […]

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