A disruptive passenger on a Friday flight from Paris, France, to Detroit, Michigan, is facing criminal charges after his behavior caused the plane to be diverted to Canada, police said. Ahmed Omar Aden, 34, was acting in an “unruly manner”…
Head of French Olympic Committee quits
French Olympic Committee chief, Brigitte Henriques, has stepped down, just over a year before the Paris Summer Games begin in late July 2024. She announced her decision at a board meeting on Thursday, the committee announced. French media reports said…
France attack: Kalashnikov assault on car kills 3 in Marseille
Three men have been shot dead in a car in the southern French city of Marseille, which has seen a recent surge in drug violence. Five people were in the vehicle and had just left a nightclub when they were…
French court to rule on Sarkozy’s appeal in corruption case
The verdict in former French president Nicolas Sarkozy’s appeal against a conviction for corruption and influence peddling is to be announced in Paris on Wednesday. In March 2021, Sarkozy, who served as president from 2007 to 2012, was handed a…
Messi set for return as PSG farewell looms
Lionel Messi is in line to return for Paris Saint-Germain for Saturday’s Ligue 1 game at home to Ajaccio after a club-imposed suspension for going on an unauthorised trip to Saudi Arabia. The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner sat out last…
Defence minister says HIV-positive people are now allowed to join French army
HIV-positive people will now be able to join the army, France’s defence minister, Sebastien Lecornu, said on France 2 TV on Monday. It follows similar moves in November 2022 for police. The decree, proposed by France’s interior minister Gérald Darmanin,…
France protests: More than 100 police hurt in May Day demonstrations
At least 108 police officers have been injured in clashes across France with protesters angry at pension reforms, the interior minister has said. Gérald Darmanin said such a large number of police wounded was extremely rare, adding that 291 people…
Lorient stun PSG with 3-1 win in Ligue 1
Lorient shocked Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) with a 3-1 victory at the Parc des Princes after the Ligue 1 leaders were reduced to 10 men. PSG were reduced when Achraf Hakimi was sent off early in the first half and they have…
Paris synagogue bomber convicted after 43 years
More than 42 years after the deadly bombing of a Paris synagogue, a court in Paris has convicted a Lebanese-Canadian university professor of carrying out the attack. The judges decided that Hassan Diab, 69, was the young man who planted…
Air France and Airbus cleared over fatal 2009 Rio-Paris crash
A French court has cleared Air France and Airbus of charges of involuntary manslaughter over a deadly crash in June 2009 which killed all 228 people on board. The Airbus A330 operated by Air France stalled during a storm and…
