December 5, 2020 Paris sees second weekend of protests, violence over controversial security law Lawmakers have pledged to rewrite the law, but protesters continue to demonstrate against it as a whole, with many believing it undermines a free press.
December 4, 2020 France struggles with systemic racism and new security law as protests rock country France has been roiled for days, with mass protests and collective outrage, over a proposed security law that would criminalize recording or photographing police behavior with “obvious intention to harm their physical and psychological integrity” in the public square.
November 1, 2020 UFC star Khabib Nurmagomedov slams France's Macron amid recent attacks in country UFC legend Khabib Nurmagomedov took swipes at French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday following the European leader’s defense of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad.
November 1, 2020 Orthodox priest shot at church in France, motive unknown A Greek Orthodox priest was shot Saturday while he was closing his church in the French city of Lyon, and authorities locked down part of the city to hunt for the assailant, authorities said.
October 30, 2020 New arrest after France church attack, security tightened A new suspect is in custody Friday in the investigation into a gruesome attack by a Tunisian man who killed three people in a French church, as France heightened its security alert amid religious and geopolitical tensions around cartoons mocking the Muslim prophet.
October 29, 2020 Macron declares France 'under attack' after church beheading, bolsters security at schools, religious sites At least three people were killed and several were wounded on Thursday following a knife attack at a church in the French city of Nice.
October 26, 2020 Muslims call for French goods boycott to protest caricatures Muslims in the Middle East and beyond on Monday broadened their calls for boycotts of French products and protests, as a clash over depictions of the Prophet Muhammad and the limits of free speech intensified.
October 25, 2020 France pulls ambassador to Turkey after Erdogan calls for mental health check for Macron France recalled its ambassador to Turkey after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said French President Emmanuel Macron needed a mental health evaluation amid a government crackdown on Islamic extremism in response to the beheading of a schoolteacher near Paris.
October 18, 2020 France moves to expel 231 radicalized foreigners after assassination of teacher The move to expel radicalized individuals has already led to 11 arrests, including the half sister of anti-terrorism prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard.
September 18, 2020 Turkey's confrontational foreign policy challenges Greece, European Union amid rising maritime tensions NATO members Greece and Turkey have ratcheted up tensions in recent weeks over access to natural resources in the Mediterranean, causing yet another fracture in the western military alliance.