France marks 10 years since deadly Charlie Hebdo attacks

PARIS (AP) — A decade after gunmen stormed the offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in a deadly assault that shook France to its core, the nation is pausing Tuesday to honor the victims and grapple with the evolving challenges of free expression and terrorism. President...

French police arrest three Algerians for making alleged violent statements on social media

PARIS (AP) — Police in France have arrested three Algerian men described by authorities as social media influencers accused of posting videos inciting violence, against a backdrop of soured relations between Paris and its former colony in North Africa. French Interior Minister...

Macron affirms Trump has 'solid ally' in France, urges realism from Ukraine over territory

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said his country was a "a solid ally” of President-elect Donald Trump on Monday as he outlined his vision for global diplomacy in 2025, while warning that France could lose the incoming U.S. leader’s respect by being “weak and defeatist.” ...

France's former President Sarkozy stands trial over alleged campaign funding by Libya's Gadhafi

PARIS (AP) — Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy went on trial Monday over the alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by the government of then-Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Sarkozy, 69, who served as president from 2007 to 2012, did not speak to the press...

Trial opens of former French President Sarkozy over alleged campaign funding by Libya’s ex-leader Gadhafi

Blinken heads to Asia, Europe on last expected trip as top US diplomat

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will embark on what is expected to be his final overseas trip in office this weekend, traveling to South Korea, Japan and France. The State Department announced Friday that Blinken would visit Seoul, Tokyo and Paris beginning...

Middle East latest: Germany and France seek a 'new beginning' with Syria

The top diplomats from Germany and France were in Syria on Friday to send what the German minister called a clear signal that Europe and Syria can have a “political new beginning" after Islamist insurgents ousted Bashar Assad. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and her...

Algerian social media influencer detained in France accused of calling for attacks

PARIS (AP) — French police on Friday detained a social media influencer from Algeria who is accused of calling on his followers to carry out attacks in France, Interior Minster Bruno Retailleau said. The arrest in the Brittany port city of Brest on France's western coast comes as...

The world welcomes 2025 with light shows, embraces and ice plunges

NEW YORK (AP) — From Sydney to Mumbai to Paris to Rio de Janeiro, communities around the world welcomed 2025 with spectacular light shows, embraces and ice plunges. The New Year’s Eve ball dropped in soggy Times Square, where thousands of revelers stuck it out in heavy rain to...

Germany, France and Poland condemn violence in Georgia, stress support for pro-democracy movement

BERLIN (AP) — The foreign ministers of Germany, France and Poland on Tuesday expressed concern about “the political crisis” in Georgia, two days after former soccer player Mikheil Kavelashvili was formally inaugurated as president of the South Caucasus nation, cementing the ruling party’s...