In the wake of increased anti-terror efforts due to the country’s involvement in stopping the terrorist insurgency in Mali, the French anti-terror police have announced breaking up an Islamic terrorist cell that was targeting “well-known figures in France.”
Six suspects were arrested near Paris on Monday. Continue reading
A 21-year-old man has been arrested in the stabbing of a French soldier in Paris over the weekend and officials say he has admitted to the terror attack.
Officials said the man, identified as “Alexandre”, was a recent convert to Islam who sought to kill “a representative of the state” according to Prosecutor Francois Molins. Continue reading
The French Health Ministry has reported that a 65-year-old man has died from the novel coronavirus now called Middle East Respiratory Syndrome.
The death is the 23rd out of 44 confirmed cases in the world. The latest victim had traveled to Dubai where doctors believe he contracted the virus. Continue reading
Video evidence is leading French investigators to believe the attack on a French soldier this weekend was inspired by the Islamic extremist attack on a British soldier the previous week. Continue reading
Thirteen people are facing trial in Algiers for trafficking children from Algeria to France.
The illegal trade in children was discovered when a woman died in 2009 during a botched abortion in an illegal clinic owned by the main suspect in the trafficking ring. Continue reading
In 2000, a French TV station aired a news report that claimed Israeli forces had shot and killed a 12-year-old Palestinian boy as his father tried to shield him. Continue reading
France’s economy entered its second recession in four years according to data covering the first quarter of 2013.
The economy shrank two tenths of a percent in the first quarter of 2013 after having the same decline in the last quarter of 2012. President Francois Hollande now predicts zero growth for the country in 2013, less than previous government projections of .1% growth. Continue reading
China’s President Xi Jinping and France’s President Francois Hollande pledged to push for a world free of domination by any superpower Thursday as the French leader visited the Chinese capital on a mission to boost trade amid his country’s worsening economic woes. Continue reading
A French offensive of 1,000 troops are sweeping through a river valley believed to be the logistic base for Islamic terrorists near Gao, Mali.
The move is expected to be France’s last major offensive before withdrawing their troops from the nation. The militants have hidden in the mountains in the north after being driven out of the cities. The Islamists have moved to a campaign of homicide bombings after losing control of the towns. Continue reading
Al-Qaeda has released a statement that it has killed a French citizen kidnapped in 2011.
The terrorists have claimed they killed Philippe Vernon on March 10th in retaliation for France’s intervention in Mali. France’s troops stopped terrorists associated with Al-Qaeda from overtaking the Malian capital. Continue reading
