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France Recognizes Holodomor as Genocide

The French Assemblée Nationale on March 28th voted to...

227 arrested as riots sweep France over World Cup

Riots have broken out following France's World Cup loss...

At Least 262 Arrested in France after World Cup Win

Things got a bit out of hand in France...

Clashes with Police in France After World Cup Win

After France's world cup win tonight, people clashed with...

STORIES

Protests and Violent Riots Continue in Paris and Other French Cities

Again today, people gathered in public areas in Paris to protest a highly controversial change to France’s retirement age that was passed by Emmanuel Macron’s government using special constitutional power that forced it through parliament. Since last night, protesters have fought police with fireworks and stones. Riot police responded with the...

Macron to Force Through Pension Bill

After weeks of protests and weeks of debate in Parliament, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne yesterday announced that President Macron was invoking Article 49.3 of the French constitution in order to pass the Pension Reform Bill, which allows the government to force a bill through without a vote from...

Protests Erupt on Corsica After Bans on Native Language Use

Following a vote from a Corsican court in Bastia, the use of the native Corsican language will be banned in all public offices, institutions, and ceremonies, sparking unrest in a region already fraught with protests and anti-French sentiment. While the ruling is in line with the French constitution in that...

Teacher Stabbed to Death by Student, Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France

Update (0844 EST): According to William Molinié, terrorism has been ruled out as a motive for the attack and the suspect used a 10cm king knife. https://twitter.com/europe1/status/1628356658815541248?s=46&t=fhcujmNnvQWvmX2rl0of1w At approximately 0430 EST, reports began to emerge of a stabbing at the Saint Thomas d’Aquin Middle School in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France. https://twitter.com/prefet64/status/1628336253342044161?s=46&t=j2PbB3OYQjDd5rE8DpRcdA By 0530 EST, local...

Charlie Hebdo Hit by Iranian Cyber Attack

Microsoft’s Digital Threat Analysis Center (DTAC) reported on Friday that Iranian hackers accessed the personal information of more than 200,000 customers of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo last month in retaliation for a cartoon contest for depictions of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. https://twitter.com/Charlie_Hebdo_/status/1611057062141693954?s=20&t=VRb615HI3R7nM5I9_RJMBA According to DTAC, the Iranian hacker...

French Seize Iranian Weapons headed to Yemen

Last month there was a joint operation to seize weapons shipments to Yemen supposedly meant for the Houthi rebels. The weapons originated out of Iran and included machine guns, anti-tank missiles, and rifles. This seizure comes after a long line of findings tracing shipped weaponry back to Tehran. This joint...

Week's Recap

Iran-Backed Militia Claims Responsibility for Drone Strike that Killed American Contractor in Syria

The Iran-backed Syrian militia Liwa Al-Ghaliboon, or “Conquerors Brigade,”...

Multiple Killed in Helicopter Crash, Kentucky

Update (0910 EST): All nine U.S. Army Service members from...

Mass Migrant Casualty Incident, Knippa, TX

At least seventeen illegal immigrants have been discovered in...

Russian Forces Remain in Nova Kakhovka

On Thursday, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed...
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