Algeria’s longtime leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been known as a wily political survivor ever since he fought for independence from France in the 1950s and 1960s.
{FD} Father of Strasbourg attacker said his son backed IS group
The man described as the father of the 29-year-old suspect in this week’s deadly Christmas market attack in Strasbourg says his son subscribed to the beliefs of the Islamic State group. Continue reading →
{FD} To the barricades: why a nursery aide joins French protests
With a yellow safety vest tied to her backpack, Mathilde Pouzet set out for Paris on Nov. 17 for her first protest with a grassroots movement that is now shaking France. Continue reading →
{FD} Violent protests in France reveal a hard-to-heal fracture
A grassroots protest movement in France has ballooned and radicalized, unleashing anger that devastated the heart of Paris in weekend riots and revealed a fracture in the country between the haves and have-nots. Continue reading →
{FD} WWI descendants see armistice through prism of personal pain
William Kearsey’s war was long over by the time his son ever heard about it. Continue reading →
{FD} Unsung heroes, animals were vital part of WWI war machine
They were messengers, spies and sentinels. Continue reading →
{FD} Interpol: Rules forbid probe of ex-president’s fate in China
Interpol’s secretary general said Thursday that the international police organization’s rules forbid him from probing into the fate of the Chinese government official who served as Interpol president for almost two years before he vanished during a tri… Continue reading →
{FD} Macron’s presidency hurt by ex-aide flaunting gun in photo
A French investigative website has published a photo of one of President Emmanuel Macron’s former security aides posing with a gun and a waitress during a campaign stop amid France’s 2017 election — without any known authorization to be armed. Continue reading →
{FD} Far-right shuts French rapper out of Bataclan attack site
A popular French Muslim rapper said Friday he is canceling sold-out October concerts at the Bataclan music hall in Paris, a target of the deadly 2015 terror attacks, due to pressure from far-right groups who claim he promotes a radical ideology and is … Continue reading →
{FD} Ex-aide is star witness of panel probing French crisis
A former security aide of French President Emmanuel Macron who was videotaped beating a protester apologized Wednesday for insulting a Senate commission as “little people” and calling its chief a “little marquis.” Continue reading →
{FD} France’s Macron admits system of torture during Algeria war
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday formally recognized the responsibility of the French state in the death of a dissident mathematician in Algeria in 1957, admitting for the first time the French military’s “system” that included torture duri… Continue reading →
{FD} Champagne trying to defeat heat amid another early harvest
Jean-Pierre Vazart has more than a dozen weather apps on his phone. Continue reading →
{FD} Car, gun, money: Scandal over Macron’s ex-aide grips France
The fancy car, the luxury address, the gun. Continue reading →
{FD} Paris police say mix-up behind return of Air China plane
An Air China flight to Beijing returned to Paris on Thursday after an airline employee misunderstood a calling passenger and thought he was reporting a bomb on the plane, Paris airport police said. Continue reading →
{FD} Police search office of ex-security aide to French president
French police searched the presidential palace office Wednesday of the former security aide to President Emmanuel Macron who was seen beating a protester in a video that triggered a political firestorm. Continue reading →
{FD} Macron takes responsibility for scandal over aide’s violence
Lawmakers from President Emmanuel Macron’s party quoted him in tweets Tuesday night as saying he takes full responsibility in a scandal surrounding a former security chief seen in a video beating a protester. Continue reading →
{FD} Not my job: minister defends himself in row over Macron aide
France’s interior minister insisted Monday that it wasn’t his job to inform judicial officials that a senior security aide who has often been seen during outings with President Emmanuel Macron beat up a May Day protester. Continue reading →
{FD} Macron’s security aide detained, was filmed beating activist
A top security aide for President Emmanuel Macron, caught on camera beating a protester, has been detained and is being questioned by authorities, while the president’s office has begun the process of firing him following a public backlash. Continue reading →
{FD} World Cup afterglow lifts up conflicted France
World Cup, World Cup and more World Cup — that’s all France is talking about. Continue reading →
{FD} With flags, song, pride, French celebrate unifying victory
It was a victory for all of France and the home crowd did it justice, pouring into Paris’ Champs-Elysees Avenue by the tens of thousands to celebrate in an explosion of joy. Continue reading →
