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Targeted curfews helped keep the peace overnight in France, PM says

Some 2,400 people were arrested during the weekend, and police investigators are poring over online videos and images to track down looters.

FILE PHOTO: A woman rides a bicycle past a burning barricade near the Tuileries Garden with the Eiffel tower in the background, amid clashes during a day of demonstrations against the cost of living and rising fuel prices in Paris as part of nationwide protests called by the "Yellow Vests" movement,
A protester waving a French national flag walks past a fire during clashes prior to the start of a demonstration to protest against the "high cost of living", in Marseille, southern France, on October 17, 2026.

'France is burning': Trump blames immigration as violent riots engulf French cities

Masked protesters react through tear gas amid clashes with the French riot police during a demonstration , France, October 17, 2026.

Tear gas, clashes between protesters and police hit French cities in cost-of-living demonstrations

French riot gendarmes attempt to move protesters standing behind a barricade to block the Boulevard Saint-Germain amid clashes during a protest outside Sciences Po university in Paris as part of nationwide student protests demanding better school conditions, France, October 7, 2026.

Injuries from 'less lethal' weapons at student protests in Paris put French policing under scrutiny


Founder, CEO of Telegram arrested at French airport on multiple charges

The alleged offenses include: terrorism, narcotic supply, fraud, money laundering and receiving stolen goods.

 FILE PHOTO: Founder and CEO of Telegram Pavel Durov delivers a keynote speech during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain February 23, 2016.

Jewish woman in France alleges wig removed in discriminatory police encounter - report 

The incident occurred after a traffic stop where the woman, referred to as Sarah (a pseudonym to protect her identity), was accused of failing to comply with police instructions.

 The incident took a more troubling turn at the police station.

Who was Nahel M., whose shooting by police sparked massive riots in France?

Nahel was shot by police while driving, after police claim he failed to comply with their stop requests.

Residents walk past phrases written on walls of buildings at a neighbourhood where Nahel, a 17-year-old teenager, was killed by a French police officer during a traffic stop, in Nanterre, France, July 2, 2023.

Interpol and Israeli, French police expose mass Israeli fraud

The suspect is a 42-year-old from Tel Aviv who holds both Israeli and French citizenship.

Cash found at the suspect's house, Nov. 10, 2020.

French Jewish man assaulted in a violent antisemitic attack in Paris

“Dirty Jew! Dirty Jewish son of a whore, you’re a dead man! We will kill you! Dirty Race!”

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France sends police to Dijon after 'Chechens' face gangland war in city

The mayor said unprecedented incidents had taken place and videos show “armies” of young men with baseball bats fighting.

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Police detain Sarkozy over illegal campaign funding from Libya

Sarkozy, who served as president from 2007 to 2012, has always denied receiving any illicit campaign funding and has dismissed the Libyan allegations as "grotesque."

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy

Six French soldiers injured in 'deliberate act' outside Paris

"It's a disgusting act of aggression," the mayor of Levallois-Perret said.

Police work near the scene where French soliders were hit and injured by a vehicle in the western Paris suburb of Levallois-Perret, France

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