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France announces second coronavirus lockdown

Macron announces new measures ordering people to stay in their homes except to buy essential goods, seek medical attention or exercise.

France to increase security at religious sites

Move comes amid growing tensions following beheading of teacher who showed his class caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed.

French Jews support efforts to combat radical Islam

As French government rolls out limits on religious freedoms in efforts to fight radical Islam, Jewish community largely supports efforts.

Man charged for 'liking' picture of beheaded French teacher

22-year-old who "liked" gruesome Twitter picture showing Samuel Paty after he was murdered charged with glorifying terrorism.

France recalls ambassador to Turkey

France recalls its ambassador to Turkey after Erdogan says Macron needed “mental health treatment”.

'Muhammad illustrations threaten world peace'

Hamas warns against further damage to dignity of 'The Prophet' that 'could lead to war between countries'.

Killer of French teacher had 'contact' with Syrian jihadist

Anti-terror investigators in France establish that man who beheaded teacher last week was in contact with a jihadist in Syria.

French government dissolves pro-Hamas group

French government issues order to dissolve Collective Cheikh Yassine, which is suspected of being tied to beheading last week near Paris.

Ah, la belle France

What does a be-heading mean? It is an act meant to terrorize, paralyze, and silence onlookers and a signature form of Islamic murder. Op-ed.

French chief rabbi praises gov't’s crackdown on radical Islam

Chief Rabbi Haim Korsia writes that “things are changing — belatedly, but all the same.”

France cracks down on pro-Hamas group

French President Emmanuel Macron says pro-Hamas group with ties to beheading of teacher will be dissolved.

French police raid Islamist network

French police carry out 40 raids of Islamist networks, three days after beheading of history teacher near Paris.

Thousands join rallies across France against teacher beheading

Thousands of people have taken part in rallies across France to express outrage at the beheading of a teacher in a suspected Islamic attack.

Is France ready to defeat those who beheaded a teacher?

France, and this is the sad truth, is perhaps not recoverable. It's too late. Metastasis is not curable. Opinion.

France: Jewish groups call to rally against Islamic terrorists

French Jewish groups call on their supporters to join a rally in memory of the schoolteacher murdered Friday after showing Muhammad cartoon.

Teacher decapitated in suspected terrorist attack near Paris

French police shoot and kill man who minutes earlier decapitated history teacher while shouting "Allahu Akbar".

France imposes nighttime curfew due to coronavirus surge

French President Emmanuel Macron orders nighttime curfew for Paris and eight other cities to contain spread of COVID-19.

French singer: I’ll move to Israel if Le Pen wins presidency

Algerian-born French-Jewish singer Enrico Macias says he 'won't stay' in France if rightist leader Marine Le Pen wins presidential election.

Poll: Le Pen would beat Macron in 1st round of French elections

New poll shows right-wing candidate Marine Le Pen beating President Emmanuel Macron in first round of voting.

Paris cafes to shut as Europe confronts second virus wave

Iconic Parisian cafes shuttered as France marks highest number of daily coronavirus diagnoses yet as second wave of pandemic continues.

Norway: Suspect in 1982 Paris attack loses extradition appeal

Norway court rules that legal conditions for extraditing suspect in 1982 attack in Jewish quarter in Paris have been met.

Kosher restaurant in Paris vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti

“Hitler was right” and “Free Palestine” as well as swastikas spray painted on walls of kosher restaurant in Paris.

France to return art looted by Nazis

French government to abide by court order to return paintings which belonged to Jewish man who died in Nazi concentration camp.

Paris attack suspect charged with attempted 'terrorist' murder

Man who wounded two people in meat cleaver attack admits to having lied to police when he said he was 18 years old.

Sonic boom over Paris sparks panic

Witnesses say buildings shaken across the city by major explosion. Police later reported blast was actually a sonic bloom from an aircraft.

Norway to extradite suspect in 1982 bombing of Jewish restaurant

Norwegian court rules suspect in bombing of Paris kosher restaurant which killed 6 should be extradited to France.

France vows to protect Jewish community

French Interior Minister visits synagogue ahead of Yom Kippur, says more than 7,000 police and soldiers are protecting Jewish services.

Pakistan-born teen admits to stabbing near Paris

18-year-old admits to stabbing two people with a meat cleaver outside the former Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine.

Norway approves extradition of terror suspect to France

Norwegian court approves extradition request from France for suspect linked to 1982 attack in a Jewish neighborhood.

French police arrest five more suspects over Paris stabbing

Police in France detain five more people for questioning in connection with stabbing attack outside former offices of Charlie Hebdo.

Paris: 4 wounded in stabbing near former Charlie Hebdo offices

Following death threats from terrorist groups against Charlie Hebdo magazine, stabbing attack reported outside of magazine's former offices.

Jordan, Egypt, France and Germany: Resume Israel-PA peace talks

Foreign ministers of Jordan, Egypt, France and Germany urged Israel and PA to restore "hope" to the peace process.

France: Charlie Hebdo trial suspended after defendant falls ill

Judge orders delay in trial of suspect in 2015 attacks on newspaper, Jewish supermarket after accused falls ill in the box.

Trial hearing for Paris kosher store killings set for Yom Kippur

French court refuses to reschedule Yom Kippur hearing in trial of terrorists responsible for deadly attack on kosher store in Paris.

Man linked to attack on Paris Jewish cafe to remain in jail

Norway court rules that suspect linked to 1982 attack in a Jewish neighborhood in Paris will remain in detention for four weeks.

France: 2 jailed in separate anti-Semitic incidents

Muslim man and white supremacist given prison sentences in connection with anti-Semitic behavior.

Norway arrests suspect linked to 1982 attack on Paris Jews

Arrest made in connection with anti-Semitic attack in which 6 people were murdered at a Paris restaurant in 1982.

'Death to Israel' spray-painted on wall in southern French city

"Mort a' Israel" found spray-painted on a wall in Perpignan.

Algeria: Perpetrator of anti-Semitic robbery arrested

Perpetrator of brutal 2014 Paris robbery and rape arrested in Algeria.

'I am innocent', Charlie Hebdo attack suspect says

Primary suspect in trial over 2015 Charlie Hebdo massacre denies any responsibility for the attacks.

France criticizes US sanctions on ICC prosecutor

France says US sanctions on ICC chief prosecutor are a "serious attack".

Charlie Hebdo reprints Mohammed cartoons for trial

French weekly targeted by Islamist terrorists in 2015 attack republishes series of cartoons considered offensive to Islam at start of trial.

France's Charlie Hebdo republishes cartoons for trial start

'We will never lie down, we will never give up,' Charlie Hebdo director opromises.

French minister: Risk of terror attacks remains extremely high

French Interior Minister says over 8,000 people are on the database of suspected Islamist radicals.

Senior officer in French army accused of spying for Russia

French media report that a "lieutenant-colonel" who worked with NATO has been arrested on spying charges.

Suspects in French terror attacks to go on trial

14 alleged accomplices in 2015 attacks on Charlie Hebdo weekly and Hyper Cacher supermarket go on trial next Wednesday.

‘No Jews allowed’ written on street named for Holocaust survivor

Graffiti artist assaulted on Leon Blum st. in Strasbourg. Assailants use his paint to write 'no Jews or sluts allowed.'

2 suspects arrested for beating Jewish man in Paris elevator

After Jewish man beaten unconscious in Paris elevator, police arrest two men suspected in the attack.

Mosques flourishing, French churches up for sale

Europe's empty churches are now hotels or empty lots not far from where shuls were once burned to the ground. And mosques flourish. Op-ed.

Outrage in France after Nazi massacre memorial defaced

French Pres. Macron vows to find out who desecrated memorial to nearly 700 victims of Nazi massacre.

Germany, France and Britain reject 'snapback' of Iran sanctions

Germany, France and Britain say the US ceased to be a participant in Iran deal and as such cannot push for sanctions snapback mechanism.

French President calls for Israel-PA talks

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks to PA chairman, says he is determined "to work for peace in the Middle East".

France welcomes Israel-UAE deal

French Foreign Minister says Israeli decision to suspend sovereignty is "a positive step".

Paris: Jewish man called ‘dirty Jew’ and beaten unconscious

29-year-old Jewish man beaten by two men of African descent in Paris elevator after they hurled anti-Semitic epithets.

'Hezbollah has a lot of French blood on its hands'

French MP Meyer Habib: The French government must immediately recognize Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.

Hostage-taker at French bank demands Israel 'free Arab children'

Man who took six people hostage at bank in France demands Israel allow greater Palestinian Arab access to Temple Mount, freeing of prisoners

Hostages taken at French bank

Man with a revolver takes six hostages at bank in French port city of Le Havre. Three hostages have been released or escaped.

140 new immigrants arrive from France

Immigration and Absorption Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata welcomes new olim from France at Ben Gurion Airport.

Anne Frank memorial tree vandalized in France

Investigation opened after tree on island of Corsica grown from sapling of horse chesnut Anne Frank wrote about stripped of its bark.

France: 2 kids safe after jumping from 3rd-floor apartment fire

Two children are safe after jumping into rescuers’ arms from the third-storey window of a burning apartment in eastern France.