Jawad Bendaoud, the man who housed two of the perpetrators of the November 13, 2015 attacks in Paris, appeared in court on Wednesday on charges of harbouring terrorists. Bendaoud rented his apartment north of the French capital to Abdelhamid Abaaoud -- the senior Islamic State (IS) group militant su...

The Seine continued to rise Thursday, covering quays in muddy water and putting museums on an emergency footing as record rainfall pushed rivers over their banks across northeaste France. The Seine is expected to reach a peak of up to 6.2 metres (20.3 feet) in the capital this Saturday on a scale us...

The French gove ment said Thursday it will start handing out smaller, on-the-spot fines as part of a new policy on ca abis use, ruling out a decriminalisation of the drug. Ca abis use is on the rise in France, with around 700,000 people estimated to use the drug every day. The number of 15- and 16-y...

The relentless rain over Paris, which caused the river Seine to burst its banks, has tu ed transport into a nightmare for tourists and commuters alike, halting train and boat services. Furthermore, rats are wreaking havoc on the streets of Paris! “Of course the floods [have] made us upset because we...

The main defendant in the first trial stemming from the November 2015 Paris terror attacks told a Paris court this week that he had no idea that the two men to whom he rented his suburban apartment following the ca age were jihadists. "No one told me that I was sheltering terrorists," a tearful Jawa...

The gove ment has unveiled proposals to address the conce s of prison guards, who continued striking for a 12th day on Friday over security and low pay. But advocates of reform say the measures will do little to tackle France’s prison crisis. Across France, prison guards backed by unions have launch...

Thousands of people, including relatives, friends and disciples, flocked to Lyon cathedral on Friday, some standing in the rain for hours, to bid a final farewell to the city’s favourite son, Paul Bocuse. Paul Bocuse, who died last Saturday aged 91, established a global network of admirers throughou...

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