AHMEDABAD: India has launched an investigation into how 303 Indians ended up on a chartered flight that was grounded in France last week because of suspected human trafficking, authorities in the western Indian state of Gujarat said on Thursday. Tipped off by an anonymous informant, French
BRUSSELS: France, Germany and Italy called for the European Union to set up a special sanctions scheme to target Hamas as EU foreign ministers met on Monday to consider possible next steps in response to the Middle East crisis. Among the possible measures up for discussion
CALAIS, France: On the northern French coast, dozens of migrant teenagers are living in miserable conditions in the forest while waiting to try to cross the Channel in one of the small boats at the center of a heated immigration row in Britain. British Prime Minister
PARIS: Holding olive branches and white banners, French performers from different religious and ethnic backgrounds led thousands of people on a silent march through central Paris to call for peace between Israelis and Palestinians and unity in France. The crowd, which included actors Isabelle Adjani and
PARIS: Britain's King Charles and his wife, Queen Camilla, will travel to France on Sept. 20-22, the Elysee and Buckingham Palace said, after a planned state visit in March was cancelled because of tense protests over French pension reform. "This visit is an honour for France,
NEW DELHI/PARIS: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads to France on Thursday to deepen ties with New Delhi's oldest strategic partner in the West, with a slew of high-profile defence deals expected and a new joint plan to ensure stability in the Indo-Pacific. Modi has been
CERGY-PONTOISE, France: Dozens of marches against police violence in France have been announced for Saturday after authorities banned a memorial rally, fearful of reigniting the recent unrest that engulfed the country. Seven years after Adama Traore, a young black man, died in police custody, his sister
PARIS: France witnessed a second consecutive night of turmoil as masked protesters, burning debris and launching fireworks, clashed violently with security forces, AFP reported Thursday. These demonstrations were fueled by the tragic shooting of a teenager by the police. Seventeen-year-old Nahel M was fatally shot in the
PARIS: Wealthy nations have finalised an overdue $100-billion climate finance pledge to developing countries and created a fund for biodiversity and the protection of forests, France's president said on Friday. President Emmanuel Macron was speaking at a final panel of a summit in Paris where some
Paris: French authorities are expected shortly to issue a decree shutting down a climate activist group after demonstrators clashed with police over a controversial irrigation project that left one man in a coma. Government spokesman Olivier Veran accused the Uprisings of the Earth (SLT) coalition of