3 month agoParis - Significant tensions underway. Dozens of bottles are thrown at the police who respond with tear gas at Invalides
3 month agoAfter repeating the popular phrase the "U.S. is back," President Biden made clear just how different things are from his predecessor. Saying he's "very supportive" of the European Union, he describes the bloc as an "incredibly strong and vibrant entity." Macron was beaming
Africa - "We're going to continue to assist building partner capacity in Africa" per @PentagonPresSec asked about decision by France to end CT ops in Mali, Sahel @DeptofDefense will also continue to help France efforts that are ongoing
3 month agoMarseille: 90 united voices against violence against women on Saturday evening at the Silvain theater
Macron stopped its main military mission in the Sahel, Operation Barkhane.
3 month agoMultiple sources reporting that Baye Ag Bakabo, an AQIM official involved in the murders of French journalists Claude Verlon and Ghislaine Dupont in 2013, has been killed by France in an airstrike in Mali
French court sentences man who slapped President Emmanuel Macron to 18 months in prison
French President Macron will announce today a reduction in French troops battling Islamist militants in the Sahel area. The decision was made during a Defence cabinet meeting on Wednesday, the sources said
Nantes: A police officer injured after having arrested a man suspected of being a drug dealer, who gave him a violent kick in the jaw nantes police police officer drugs
3 month agoRussian Air Force Ilyushin Il-96-300 RSD031 descending for Geneva Switzerland
Egyptian Defense: joint exercises with the French Navy within the scope of the Northern Fleet in the Mediterranean
3 month agoIn a meeting in Washington today, @JakeSullivan46 and his French counterpart discussed, among other topics, how to "counter challenges associated with malicious cyber activity such as ransomware, and terrorism
French authorities are investigating a suspected explosive device on an Air France flight between Chad capital and Paris, Interior Minister says. He said the flight had landed at Roissy airport in Paris without incident and had been isolated
3 month agoCalais: The police had to deal with hundreds of migrants, armed with sticks, stones, iron bars, near the port bypass, in the Dunes area and near the port. Seven police officers were injured
3 month agoPartnership announced among US, UK, Chile, Costa Rica, and France "to advance the role of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) as a nature-based solution in the fight against climate change," according to @NOAA
Ardèche: A man, suspected of having fatally stabbed his father and injured his mother, is actively sought by the police called to witnesses
Macron: The disarmament and reintegration of militias into Libyan institutions must continue
Armenian Acting PM Pashinyan met with French President Macron in Paris
3 month agoChamps-Elysées: a pedestrian deliberately knocked down
France president Macron says Central African Republican is a "hostage" of Russia private military contractor Wagner group
3 month agoCergy: static rally underway in front of the LeBrasco restaurant the day after the racist attack on a delivery man. Opening of an investigation to identify the perpetrator. Investigations entrusted to the Urban Security
Air France delays flight to Moscow scheduled for Monday due to absence of permit from Russia
3 month agoNantes attacker, identified as 40-year-old French-born man named Ndiaga Dieye, obtained the gun he used in the firefight from the policewoman he stabbed. Dieye reportedly converted to Islam in prison in 2016 and reported for radicalization prior to release
3 month ago@MarineNationale Toulon based D'Estienne d'Orves-class aviso Commandant Birot F796 departed the Black Sea and transited Istanbul strait today towards Mediterranean
3 month agoThe police are still there in numbers at La Chapelle sur erdre after a policewoman was stabbed by a man, arrested a few minutes ago in Nantes
A municipal policewoman seriously injured with a knife near Nantes, the suspect on the run
Policewoman stabbed in La Chapelle-sur-Erdre (44), seriously injured. Her attacker fled on foot. He is wanted by hundreds of gendarmes
3 month agoStatement from Proton Technologies AG: "We haven't seen credible evidence that the Belarusian claims are true"
Macron announces the return of the French ambassador to Rwanda
3 month agoLille: the motorist suspected of having run into the police on Sunday goes to prison
