Police fire 5,000 bullets during siege on second Paris terror cellSources say cell was planning fresh strikeWed Nov 18 2015 - 23:12
Abdelhamid Abaaoud: The brains behind the slaughterThe man suspected of planning the Paris attacks is a well-known face of Islamic StateWed Nov 18 2015 - 16:51
François Hollande in bid to form ‘grand coalition’ against ISVladimir Putin greets president’s initiative with sarcasm and claims alliance was his ideaWed Nov 18 2015 - 01:00
French president seeks constitutional changes for IS fightHollande criticised by former president Nicolas Sarkozy for use of word ‘war’Tue Nov 17 2015 - 01:00
Attacks were ordered from Syria and planned in BelgiumHigh-ranking Frenchmen in Islamic State may have chosen Paris targets, sources sayTue Nov 17 2015 - 01:00
France vows to step up air strikes on Islamic StateParis aftermath: François Hollande indicates current state of emergency will be extendedMon Nov 16 2015 - 21:21
The suspects: Clearer picture emerges as manhunt continuesAt least five of the eight jihadis who carried out the Paris massacres were French citizensMon Nov 16 2015 - 15:27
France bombs IS stronghold as Paris attacker escapesMassive air attack targets Raqqa in northern Syria as hunt continues for Salah AbdeslamMon Nov 16 2015 - 10:00
Paris remains defiant even as it mourns victimsParisians experience a range of emotions after the attacks in 11th arrondissementMon Nov 16 2015 - 01:01
Paris attack: Police hunt ‘dangerous’ Salah AbdeslamFrance conducts ‘massive’ air strikes against Islamic State in Syria two days Paris attacksSun Nov 15 2015 - 22:36
Air strikes on Syria echo fatally back home in ParisThere’s a straight line between Bush’s invasion of Iraq and France’s tormentSun Nov 15 2015 - 18:26
Paris attacks: Three teams of attackers leave 129 dead, 352 injuredThree arrested as Islamic State claims responsibility for attacksSun Nov 15 2015 - 00:40
Parisians struggle with conflicted feelings in aftermath of attacksCity still feels like a front line on Saturday morning, writes Lara Marlowe in ParisSat Nov 14 2015 - 15:08
Paris terror attacks: death toll rises to 127, with 200 injuredPolice say ‘accomplices’ could be on loose; Vatican condemns ‘mad terrorist violence’Sat Nov 14 2015 - 11:19
Paris attacks: ‘It’s a horror...have confidence in our security forces to protect the nation’Hollande declares state of emergency and closes borders so ‘no one can enter’Fri Nov 13 2015 - 23:38
A giant of advertising gives his spin on the age of disruption and blurred linesFrench advertising legend Maurice Lévy is still learning at the age of 73Wed Nov 11 2015 - 08:30
COP21 organisers confident of getting agreementForeign and environment ministers have made progress towards a climate change accordWed Nov 11 2015 - 01:01
France-China statement heralds progress on path to climate conferenceBeijing accepts legally binding text with reviews every five years in major breakthroughThu Nov 5 2015 - 12:20
Nicolas Sarkozy outraged over link to ‘Air Cocaine’ affairFormer French president Nicolas Sarkozy accuses socialist government of harassmentWed Nov 4 2015 - 01:00
French weatherman sacked over climate change bookFrance 2’s Philippe Verdier pooh-poohed global warming ahead of UN summit in ParisTue Nov 3 2015 - 01:07
COP21: French minister to preside over climate conferenceTension between developed and developing worlds an obstacle in global warming fightFri Oct 30 2015 - 01:00
France pays homage to victims of crash between coach and truck‘No one knows better than you the void they will leave in the villages’Tue Oct 27 2015 - 17:36
France faces ‘social and ethnic apartheid’ a decade after riotsPrime minister Manuel Valls warns of risk of ‘an explosion of our society’Tue Oct 27 2015 - 07:23
The power plays behind the Medici portraitsA Paris exhibition of Medici portraits is a subtle guide to the turbulence that would shape Europe for centuriesMon Oct 26 2015 - 06:00
France’s martyred village tries to come to terms with tragedyPetit-Palais was home to 28 of the 43 people killed in collision between coach and lorryMon Oct 26 2015 - 01:00
France in mourning after 43 die in crash, including boy (3)Most of the passengers on the coach, who were on a day trip, were over 70Fri Oct 23 2015 - 22:41
France crash: ‘Here, where everyone knows each other, we are annihilated’The pensioners killed organised a lottery to earn money for their outingsFri Oct 23 2015 - 21:35
Paris under pressure to improve Calais ‘jungle’Migrant numbers rocket amid shoddy services, hazards and racist sentimentThu Oct 22 2015 - 18:21
Marine Le Pen tried for incitement to religious hatredNational Front leader insists she was not comparing street prayers with NazisTue Oct 20 2015 - 18:22
French military targets most wanted jihadi ‘executioner’Salim Benghalem had long established ties to the Charlie Hebdo killersTue Oct 20 2015 - 01:00
Dominique Strauss-Kahn investigated for fraud at LSK companyParis prosecutor opened inquiry after businessman who lost €500,000 filed a lawsuitSat Oct 17 2015 - 01:00
Revisiting the lessons of the Suez crisis nearly six decades onThe October 1956 war was ‘an act of imperial madness’ that the West has ignoredFri Oct 16 2015 - 01:01
French jihadis' deaths in Syria could be turning pointQuestions over whether apparent killings in bombing of IS training camp were justifiedWed Oct 14 2015 - 01:00
Is Paris treaty all that stands between us and mass extinction?Author Elizabeth Kolbert says fear, not morality, could impel people to actSat Oct 10 2015 - 02:00
Tunisian civil society group wins Nobel Peace PrizeHonour intended to encourage Tunisians and make them example for Arab worldFri Oct 9 2015 - 21:15
Former French minister causes storm with ‘white race’ remarkNicolas Sarkozy furious after Nadine Morano refuses to apologise for commentsThu Oct 8 2015 - 01:00
Near lynching of Air France chiefs leads to national outragePolitical class and trade union movement unanimously condemn ugly assaultTue Oct 6 2015 - 23:54
Torrential rain floods Cote d’Azur and kills at least 17 peopleHollande links catastrophe around Cannes and Nice to climate changeSun Oct 4 2015 - 21:19
Syrian crisis overshadows summit on Ukraine conflictTimetable for Minsk accords delayed as local elections put on long fingerFri Oct 2 2015 - 21:48
Brutal Assad sells the illusion of stabilityVladimir Putin’s support has ensured the Syrian dictator’s survival, at least for nowFri Oct 2 2015 - 01:01
Sex, addiction and shattering tradition in Moroccan literatureMoroccan author Leila Slimani has taken a bold step in writing about a bored woman addicted to sex at a time when publishers in the region expect her to ‘describe sand dunes and camels’, and women's sexuality is an explosive topic in her country and the wider Muslim worldSat Sep 26 2015 - 09:15
Outrage spreads over Saudi public beheading sentenceAli al-Nimr (20) participated in protests against the Saudi governmentFri Sep 25 2015 - 13:11
Mainstream French politicians keep level head on migrationDivided public opinion explains why French politicians emphasise rules and the repression of traffickers as much as humanityThu Sep 17 2015 - 01:00
French parliament debates Syrian interventionFrench air operations shift from reconnaissance missions to bombing raids on ISWed Sep 16 2015 - 01:00
France turns up heat on climate change ahead of Paris conferenceThe French are pulling out all the stops to ensure the COP21 is not a mere talking shopSat Sep 12 2015 - 02:00
Palestine takes another small step towards statehoodHamdallah met by French prime minister as UN votes to raise Palestinian flag outside HQSat Sep 12 2015 - 01:00
Ségolène Royal: Pushing a broad battle against climate changeFrench environment minister optimistic for agreement at COP 21, writes Lara MarloweThu Sep 10 2015 - 01:00
France prepares to bomb Islamic State bases in northern SyriaFrançois Hollande changes tactics in light of the ongoing IS crisis and Russian actionsMon Sep 7 2015 - 19:47
Coalition confirms State may take thousands more refugeesTánaiste calls for ‘global solution’ to bring peace to migrants’ troubled homelandsFri Sep 4 2015 - 21:19
Enda Kenny promotes Irish business in LyonsTaoiseach admits Ireland may take 1,800 migrants during French economic visitFri Sep 4 2015 - 18:35