French Protests

Crowds gathered at town halls across France Monday in what French media are calling “anti-riot gatherings” to show solidarity with local governments targeted in six nights of unrest touched off by the police shooting of a 17-year-old.…

France on Friday deployed 45,000 officers backed by light armoured vehicles to tackle a fourth straight night of violent protests after the fatal police shooting of a teenager.Crack police units and other security forces fanned out across…

Social media companies are once again under scrutiny, this time in France as the country’s president blames TikTok, Snapchat and other platforms for helping fuel widespread riots over the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old driver.On…

Canada is urging travellers to exercise a “high degree of caution” when travelling to France as protests have broken out across French cities in response to the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old by police. “Since June 27, 2023,…

<!-- -->France has been rocked by protests sparked by the police killing of a teenager on Tuesday near Paris.A young man died Friday after falling from a roof during an apparent burglary attempt while police in the town in…

Last Updated: July 01, 2023, 06:21 ISTKylian Mbappe and French football team urged an end to violence and called for dialogue and reconstruction. (Reuters File Photo) Les Bleus said they were "shocked by the brutal death of young Nahel" but…

Protesters erected barricades, lit fires and shot fireworks at police who responded with tear gas and water cannons in French streets overnight as tensions grew over the deadly police shooting of a 17-year-old that has shocked the…

A French police officer who shot and killed a 17-year-old driver will be investigated for voluntary homicide, following two days of fires and violent protests, prosecutors said Thursday. Overnight, protesters set cars and public…

French unions are staging on Tuesday a 14th day of protests against government plans to raise the retirement age to 64, in what could be a final attempt to pressure lawmakers into scrapping a law that is already on the statute books.…

Sanitation workers in Paris are set to return to work Wednesday amid heaps of trash that piled up over their weekslong strike as protests against French President Emmanuel Marcon’s controversial pension bill appeared to be winding…