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Paris protesters slam French police brutality after attack on Muslim teens
May 08, 2023 05:17Protesters in the French capital Paris have once again rallied against persisting police brutality in the country after three Muslim teens were run over by a police vehicle and seriously injured, a move described by their lawyer as an "assassination attempt."
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Report: 80% of French protesters arrested without just cause
May 06, 2023 04:52A new report shows French police's illegal arrest tactics during persisting nationwide protests against an austerity rollback to their pension system.
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Italian Foreign Minister cancels Paris visit over French ‘insults’
May 05, 2023 03:54Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani says he has called off his visit to Paris after a French minister hurled ‘insults’ at Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
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Top French court rejects age hike referendum, prolonging crisis
May 04, 2023 04:26France’s top court has rejected the request for a national referendum on the recent 2-year increase to the retirement age. The unpopular law has been met with four months of huge and violent demonstrations, with more protests announced for June.
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Listen to protesting voices, avoid resorting to violence: Iran to French govt.
May 03, 2023 02:03The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has admonished French police for the use of violence against protesters in the international Labor Day rallies, calling on President Emmanuel Macron’s government to listen to dissident voices.
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French police fire tear gas, clash with Labor Day protesters amid simmering anger over pension reform
May 02, 2023 03:49Police in France have fired tear gas to disperse protesters in the capital Paris and other major cities on International Labor Day amid rising public anger over the passage of President Emmanuel Macron’s unpopular pension reform.
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France under fire at UN for racism, police violence against protesters
May 02, 2023 02:58France has come under fire by several states at the United Nations over racism and police violence, including against demonstrators during mass rallies over a controversial pension reform bill that finally became law.
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‘Casserole pan’ protesters plaguing Macron, his ministers daily
May 01, 2023 05:51French President Emmanuel Macron tried to enjoy the final of the French Football Cup, but his visit was once again met with protesters noisily banging cooking pans. The new type of protest is greeting Macron and his ministers wherever they go.
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Iran arrests individuals charged with ties to French spies
May 01, 2023 02:25Iran has arrested members of a network, comprising elements with records of links to Marxist counter-revolutionary groups, the terrorist cult the Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO), and French spies.
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Thousands of protesters demonstrate across France, slamming government's immigration plans
Apr 30, 2023 03:52Thousands of protesters, including a large group of migrants, have marched in Paris and other French cities, protesting planned changes to immigration laws and evictions from the Indian Ocean Island of Mayotte.