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French prisoner Serge Atlaoui (L) is escorted by police upon his arrival at Tangerang court, outside Jakarta, on April 1, 2015. ROMEO GACAD / AFP…

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday, November 29, inspected the gleaming restored interior of Notre-Dame de Paris, saying workers had done the “impossible” by healing a “national wound” caused by a 2019 fire that ravaged the medieval cathedral.

“What a waste of time!” sighed those close to him. But Bernard Arnault wouldn’t listen. France’s richest man dreams of that old-fashioned black suit embroidered…

A general view of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, during a visit by French President Macron, in Paris, France, on November 29, 2024. CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON…

Bernard Arnault, head of LVMH, leaves a Paris courthouse on November 28, 2024. STEPHANE MAHE/REUTERS On the morning of Thursday, November 28, in front of…

Emmanuel Macron in the nave of Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris, November 29, 2024. CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON/AFP “We did it”: On Friday, November 29, Emmanuel Macron was…

President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday nominated Charles Kushner, the father of his son-in-law Jared Kushner, as the US ambassador to France, in the latest of…

“I recommend, as a first step, that you go on this chat [platform] – it’s run by trained volunteer police officers and gendarmes who will…

France’s hardline interior minister, Bruno Retailleau, on Friday, said Britain could no longer “sub-contract” Channel border security out to Paris. With no end in sight…

Five years after images of the Notre-Dame Cathedral on fire shocked the world, French President Emmanuel Macron visited the monument on Friday, November 29, and…

Mathias Pogba, Paul Pogba’s brother, on his arrival at a Paris court, November 26, 2024. ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT / AFP “What was planned was a meeting…

Paulette Brucale was shivering in her blue coat, but she didn’t complain she is from the older generation in France. They have seen of the…

France’s President Emmanuel Macron vowed Friday, November 29, to give Ukraine intense support in its battle against Russia’s “escalation” of its invasion, his office said.…

Ratings agency S&P maintained its grade for the French economy, saying on Friday, November 29, that the outlook was “stable” despite the European country’s mountain…

Béatrice Zavarro, Dominique Pelicot’s lawyer, in Avignon, November 26, 2024. CHRISTOPHE SIMON / AFP How to plead for Dominique Pelicot? What can you say in…

Justice is often depicted as the blindfolded goddess Themis, a symbol of impartiality. For almost three months now, in the Avignon criminal court, southern France,…

The ICC has been dealt a harsh blow by one of its founding states, which also prides itself on being the “homeland of human rights.” On Wednesday, France issued a cryptic statement undermining both the authority of this judicial body and the arrest warrant issued six days earlier by its judges against Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the context of the war in Gaza.

France’s richest man, LVMH chief Bernard Arnault, testified on Thursday, November 28, in the influence-peddling trial of the former head of France’s domestic intelligence agency,…

The invitation had been belatedly extended by the Elysée Palace. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s visit to Paris for the November 11 Remembrance Day ceremonies…

French authorities arrested 26 people and seized €11 million as they smashed a migrant trafficking ring suspected of bringing several thousand people from South Asia…

The feminist lawyer, and Joséphine Baker’s grand-niece, was impressed by the women in her family who transcended their conditions and misfortunes to move forward. Lawyer…

A march is organized in tribute to the 27 migrants who died in the Channel on November 24, 2021, in Dunkirk, on November 23, 2024…

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen talks to journalists after a meeting with the French prime minister to discuss the 2025 budget at the Hotel…

A lawyer for the chief defendant in a French mass rape trial on Wednesday, November 27, urged the court to recall his good side after prosecutors demanded lengthy jail terms for the dozens of suspects. The main defendant, Dominique Pelicot, has admitted enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his then-wife while she was drugged and unconscious.

Provisions for immunity from prosecution at the International Criminal Court (ICC) apply to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the French foreign ministry said on Wednesday, November 27. In a statement the ministry reaffirmed its commitment to international justice after the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu, but also said that the Israeli leader was covered by immunity rules that apply to states which are not a party to the ICC. Israeli is not an ICC member.