(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 […]
(Reuters) An 18-year-old Chechen man was arrested in the French town of Saint-Etienne this month, suspected of planning an attack in the name of Islamic State at the city’s soccer stadium during this summer’s Olympics, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Friday. […]
(Reuters) EU industry chief Thierry Breton told Elon Musk on Tuesday to tackle the spread of disinformation on his X messaging platform since Palestinian Islamist group Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel to comply with new EU online content rules. Breton said on […]
(Reuters) French regional newspaper La Nouvelle Republique has received threats on social media after it published a caricature of the Prophet Mohammad on its front page, one of its journalists said on Wednesday. On Oct. 18, the Nouvelle Republique paper re-published an […]
(Reuters) The driver who rammed his car into two police motorcyclists in a Paris suburb had pledged allegiance to Islamic State, the French anti-terrorism prosecutor said on Tuesday. A 29-year-old French man was arrested at the scene of Monday’s attack, which occurred […]
(Reuters) A man who killed two people in a knife attack in southeastern France at the weekend is a refugee from Sudan and has been charged with terrorism offences and murder, the French anti-terrorist prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday. Five people were […]
(Reuters) French police started evacuating migrants on Thursday from an illegal camp site in northern Paris, the local police force said in a statement, as the government aims to show it is taking a tougher stance on illegal immigration. The police said […]
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