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France bans annual gathering of Muslims in Paris amid terrorism fears, security risks

The decision comes after France increased security at sensitive sites across Paris after a foiled bomb attack on Bank of America's offices last weekend, in the wake of the US-Israeli war on Iran.

A protester holds a placard reading "we are Muslims and proud of it" during a rally against Islamophobia, in Paris on May 11, 2025.
Private security members work outside Bank of America’s Paris offices, after French anti-terrorism prosecutors opened an investigation into attempted destruction by fire or other dangerous means in Paris, France, March 30, 2026.

France suspects link to pro-Iranian group in foiled BofA Paris plot

Gallic skeletons found by archaeologists during excavations of the former garden of the Cordeliers Convent in Paris, France, March 30, 2026.

Archaeologists unearth at least five Gaul skeletons buried sitting upright during Paris excavations

Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein are seen in this image released by the Department of Justice in Washington, DC, US, on December 19, 2025

Edmond de Rothschild Paris offices raided in Epstein-linked probe into diplomat


Ostracization and the 'need to hide' felt by the French Jewish community - Le Parisien

Young members of the French Jewish community have been removing their kippahs and hiding their identities to feel safer as antisemitism permeates French academia, a report by Le Parisien unveiled.

A protester holds a Palestinian flag during a protest to condemn the IDF’s interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla at the Place de la Republique in Paris, France, October 2, 2025

French authorities launch investigation over party with ties to Islamist networks

A French parliamentary inquiry is examining alleged Islamist influence inside La France Insoumise after journalists detailed the party’s ties to radical groups.

 JEAN-LUC MELENCHON, leader of French far-left La France Insoumise (France Unbowed), has never acknowledged the October 7 massacre by Hamas, says the writer.

Paris university event praises terrorists, October 7 massacre

"We are partners in the struggle and partners in the struggle against imperialism, Zionism, and fascism," said Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine official Mariam Abu Daqqa at the event.

Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, a former head of the Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Factions who served around 40 years of a life sentence for attacks on U.S. and Israeli diplomats in France, gestures outside Beirut International Airport after a French court ruled in favor of releasing him, in Beirut, Leban

Chinese woman charged in 1.5 million euro gold nugget theft from Paris Natural History Museum

She was arrested at Barcelona airport on September 30 with about one kilogram of melted gold and remains in provisional detention, according to prosecutors.

the National Museum of Natural History in France.

How much does it cost to look like this? Lauren Sánchez steps out for dinner in Paris

The billionaire’s wife appeared in a deep-plunging Valentino silk dress for a lavish family dinner in Paris, showcasing her glamorous style alongside her husband and adopted daughter.

Lauren Sánchez and Jeff Bezos.

Europeans, Arabs meet to flesh out next phase in Trump Gaza plan

Multiple nations met to discuss support for and the implementation of Donald Trump's Gaza plan.

French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot welcomes Minister for Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud prior to a Ministerial meeting on the implementation of the Middle East peace plan at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris, France, October 9, 2025

US expected to attend Paris meeting on Gaza transition, diplomatic sources say

The meeting, which will happen in parallel to negotiations between Israel, Hamas and mediators in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Serbia arrests 11 for vandalizing Paris Jewish sites at behest of foreign intelligence

Serbian authorities say a foreign intelligence service ordered attacks on Jewish and Muslim sites, including synagogues and the Shoah Memorial in May.

 A synagogue in france that was vandalized with green paint, May 31, 2025.

South Africa's ambassador to France, found dead in Paris, left suicide note

South Africa's foreign affairs department confirmed Mthethwa's death, adding that the circumstances were under investigation by the French authorities.

Nkosinathi Emmanuel Mthethwa pictured in 2018.

France's Notre Dame Cathedral reopens towers six years after fire

The inauguration of the towers is one of the final steps in the cathedral's billion-dollar reconstruction.

Inauguration ceremony of the new tour route of the Cathedral Towers Gothic structures destroyed following the April 2019 fire, shows chimeras of Notre-Dame cathedral, in Paris, France, September 19, 2025.