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French PM Addresses Student Demands as Protests Shut Hundreds of Schools, Lead to 6,000 Detentions
French PM Sébastien Lecornu pledged to respond by late October but stopped short of meeting student demands, as protesters took to the streets Thursday for nationwide demonstrations dubbed “Act IV.”
Paris cargo workers refuse to load Elbit shipment onto El Al flight bound for Israel
Former hostage Yarden Bibas mourns family on anniversary of October 7 massacre
French investigation spotlights Hamas links to crypto funding, local NGOs
Trump says French protests the result of 'nothing less than out-of-control mass migration'
Trump claimed that the protests were not about schools, and instead were "about Islam wanting to take over a once great country!"
Paris police ban October 7 'genocide' protest over fears of rising antisemitism, heightened terror
Meanwhile, London's Metropolitan Police issued conditions for allowing the student protest to proceed, including a ban on face coverings and limits on movement.
Police fire tear gas as French high school protests escalate nationwide over school conditions
The protests began in September in the deprived suburbs of Paris, before spreading nationwide, presenting a major challenge to President Emmanuel Macron's cash-strapped government.
Students and teachers march in France on biggest day of high school protests
Students, teachers and parents marched across France as hundreds of schools were blockaded in protests over understaffing, aging buildings and school conditions.
Eiffel Tower workers protest after female staff removed during Hindu delegation visit
"As the delegation passed through, women were asked to leave their workstations so that men could take their places," Diane Davoine, a union representative, told Reuters.
Israeli woman attacked overnight at Paris hotel, Foreign Ministry says
An Israeli woman in her 80s was attacked at a Paris hotel, with the Foreign Ministry saying its officials are maintaining contact with her and her family as the case is handled.
France to expel two Iranian diplomats in coming days, foreign minister says
The French ministry said last month that two French embassy staff had been detained and physically intimidated by Iranian security services in Tehran.
Afghan journalist explains her escape from Taliban after restrictions on women in broadcasting
Censorship, threats, and tightening restrictions made it impossible for journalist Tahmina Usmani to continue working freely or safely in Afghanistan.
Pahlavi remains Iran’s main opposition figure, lack of US backing causing failure at regime change
Reza Pahlavi emerged as the most visible candidate to lead a post-regime Iran, but US resistance, donor frustration, and opposition divisions have weakened his campaign.
Twelve Torah scrolls stolen in targeted antisemitic break-in at synagogue near Paris
"It was with shock and anger that I learned this morning that the Jewish community of Levallois had been struck at what is most sacred and precious to it," said Levallois Mayor Agnès Pottier-Dumas.
