Paris

French nationals released from Iran, returning to France, Macron says

Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris were initially released from Iran's Evin Prison in November 2025 after having been imprisoned there for over three years.

APRIL 7, 2026|ByREUTERS

A woman walks past posters with the portraits of Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, two French citizens held in Iran, on the day of support rallies to mark their three-year detention and to demand their release, in front of the National Assembly in Paris, France, May 7, 2025.

A protester holds a placard reading "we are Muslims and proud of it" during a rally against Islamophobia, in Paris on May 11, 2025.

France bans annual gathering of Muslims in Paris amid terrorism fears, security risks

The decision comes after France increased security at sensitive sites across Paris after a foiled bomb attack on Bank of America's offices last weekend, in the wake of the US-Israeli war on Iran.

APRIL 3, 2026|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM, REUTERS

Private security members work outside Bank of America’s Paris offices, after French anti-terrorism prosecutors opened an investigation into attempted destruction by fire or other dangerous means in Paris, France, March 30, 2026.

France suspects link to pro-Iranian group in foiled BofA Paris plot

HAYI, which stands for Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiyya, or Movement of the Companions of the Right Hand of Islam, posted a video on social media targeting European Jewish communities.

APRIL 1, 2026|ByREUTERS

Gallic skeletons found by archaeologists during excavations of the former garden of the Cordeliers Convent in Paris, France, March 30, 2026.

Archaeologists unearth at least five Gaul skeletons buried sitting upright during Paris excavations

Burials such as these are unique, as only about 50 “seated skeletons” have been found across a dozen archaeological sites in Europe.

MARCH 31, 2026|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM

French prosecutors seek trial of six over 1982 attack on Jewish restaurant

The terrorists were members of the Fatah-Revolutionary Council (Fatah-RC), a now-defunct radical Palestinian dissident terror group that was based in Iraq at the time and led by Abu Nidal.

JULY 9, 2025ByREUTERS

Firemen evacuate a murdered person after the French-Jewish delicatessen restaurant Jo Goldenberg in Paris was attacked by Palestinian terrorist gunmen that threw a grenade into the restaurant and shot at customers with sub-machine guns, killing six customers and injuring 22 others, August 8, 1982.

France concerned over citizen missing in Iran, minister says

French media reported that the man was an 18-year-old who had been on a cycling trip in the region but went missing a few days after Israeli planes struck targets in Iran.

JULY 7, 2025ByREUTERS

People demonstrate in solidarity with anti-government protests in Iran near the Iranian embassy in Paris, France, January 6, 2018.

British sex offender charged over ‘mock’ wedding with nine-year-old at Disneyland Paris

The 9-year-old Ukrainian girl was brought to France only to days before the wedding.

JULY 6, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Twelve arrested after nearly 150 people stabbed with needles at French music festival

The French Interior Ministry reported that some victims were hospitalized for toxicological testing.

JUNE 25, 2025ByBLAIR PENN

Paris Olympics 2024 - Arrival of the Olympic Flame in Marseille - Marseille, France - May 8, 2024 French police officers patrol the streets in the Old Port before the arrival of the Olympic flame

Discrimination at the Paris Air Show: Israel had no 'friends' in France - opinion

Shame on the French for bowing to whatever political pressure contributed to this decision, and even greater shame on our “friends” who stood by in silence.

JUNE 22, 2025BySHERWIN POMERANTZ

French police patrol the perimeter of a closed-off section of the Israel pavilion at the 55th International Paris Airshow at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, France, June 17, 2025

French court rejects appeal to remove blocking of Israel's offensive weapons display at Paris expo

Israel was enthusiastic about being invited to fully participate in the conference again this year as in past years until the incidents of Sunday-Monday.

JUNE 17, 2025ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

France blocks off Israel display at weapons conference

The Defense Ministry also accused France of specifically blocking off weapons which compete with French weapons as a sort of dirty competition trick.

JUNE 16, 2025ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

Two dead and 500 arrested in France during Paris St Germain win celebrations

Wild celebrations erupted across the French capital and beyond on Saturday night after Paris St Germain crushed Italian opponents Inter Milan to win the Champions League for the first time.

JUNE 1, 2025ByREUTERS