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France deployed 70,000 security personnel for Halloween protests, its third straight weekend of unrest, banning city-centre demonstrations and imposing Paris curfews. Interior Minister Nuñez warned of “very high risk” of disorder, citing calls for a “revolution” and masked protesters.
Read Full ArticleUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio called UN human rights experts an “oxymoron” and declined to comment on Delhi’s CEC protests, calling it a domestic matter. Separately, India’s Paris embassy issued a safety advisory for nationals amid France’s ongoing unrest.
France faces its worst unrest in years after school protests over staffing shortages grew into nationwide riots over living costs, leaving one police officer and one protester dead. Macron vowed to hold accountable those who “sought to bring down the Republic.”
Student protests over understaffed French lycées have spread nationwide since mid-September, with over 5,000 arrests, 87% minors, hundreds injured and 24 schools burned. PM Lecornu held a crisis meeting as the unrest, now in its fourth week, continues.
The Eiffel Tower closed for a day after staff went on strike over claims that female employees were sidelined and replaced by men during a private visit by a Hindu delegation linked to BAPS, prompting an official investigation in Paris.
A knife-wielding man attacked three women near Porte de Clichy in Paris on July 27, leaving two victims critically injured. Restrained by bystanders and an off-duty police officer, the suspect was hea...
Both chambers of France's Parliament passed a social media ban for under-15s on July 21, 2026, the National Assembly 279-81, the Senate the same day, making France the first EU country to enact such a...
Gabriel Attal, at 34, became Frances youngest Prime Minister, and the first to be openly gay.
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