Hundreds defy Paris protest ban a week after riots

Paris, France Reuters Hundreds of protesters defied a ban on Saturday to march in central Paris against police violence, a week after riots sparked by the killing of a teenager in a Parisian suburb. Police dispersed the crowd from Paris’s huge Place de la Republique, sending several hundred people towards the wide Boulevard Magenta, where […]
France riots: mayors hold defiant rallies amid uneasy calm

Paris, France Reuters Defiant gatherings were held outside town halls across France on Monday following a wave of rioting triggered by the fatal police shooting of a teenager of north African descent. Police made fewer than 160 arrests overnight, offering some relief for President Emmanuel Macron in his fight to reimpose order, just months after […]
France deploys 45,000 police after riots over teen’s death

Paris, France Reuters France’s interior minister said on Friday the coming hours would be decisive as he sent 45,000 police onto the streets following three nights of riots since an officer shot dead a teenager at a traffic stop in a working class suburb of Paris. The violence, in which buildings and vehicles have been […]
New protests against Macron and his pension bill amid warnings of violence

Paris, France Reuters France faces a new nationwide day of strikes and protests on Tuesday after some of the country’s worst street violence in years marred rallies over the past week. Protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to delay retirement age by two years to 64 had been largely peaceful so far. French police look […]
Lawmakers debate bill to rout out radical Islam in France

Paris, France AP French lawmakers debated a bill on Monday they hope will uproot radical Islam in the country, beliefs that authorities maintain are creeping into public services, associations, some schools and online with the goal of undermining national values. The bill is broad and controversial, with around 1,700 proposed amendments, and it guarantees heated […]
France unveils draft law to fight Islamist radicalism

Paris, France AP The French Government unveiled a draft law Wednesday aimed at better arming France against Islamist radicalism, a project promoted by President Emmanuel Macron to root out what he calls “separatists” undermining the nation. France has suffered numerous Islamist terrorist attacks, including the gruesome beheading of a teacher in October who had showed […]