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Youths break a store window during clashes between protestors and police in Paris, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)

Paris police issue overnight curfew in 2 areas of French capital to try to prevent further disorder

October 20, 2026 at 6:10 a.m.

Paris police said in a statement Monday that they issued an overnight curfew in two areas of the French capital “to protect people and property from the violence and looting.”

People look at a charred car on Place de la Republique the day after a demonstration against rising living costs, joining students’ grievances, in Paris, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)

France’s Macron vows to hold accountable those who ‘sought to bring down the Republic’

October 18, 2026 at 2:04 p.m.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday expressed the public’s “anger” and “shame” over nationwide protests against rising living costs and poor conditions in schools that have resulted in at least...

Pope Leo XIV is welcomed by Archbishop of Paris Laurent Ulrich, left, Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, second from right, and Institut Catholique de Paris Rector Emmanuel Petit as he arrives to meet with members of the provincial synodal assembly, catechumens and neophytes at the ICP in Paris, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

An estimated 700,000 people attend Pope Leo XIV’s Mass in Paris square

September 26, 2026 at 10:01 a.m.

Pope Leo XIV draws hundreds of thousands to Paris’ Champs-Élysées for a massive outdoor Mass.

Pope Leo XIV, center, is welcomed by French President Emmanuel Macron, left, and his wife Brigitte as he arrives at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Leo XIV warns a ‘paradise of machines’ could undermine humanity as he opens France trip

September 25, 2026 at 11:40 a.m.

Pope Leo XIV warned Friday that a “paradise of machines” risked undermining humanity as he opened a trip to France by posing fundamental questions about what it means to be...

Activists fighting child abuse stage a protest near the home of a former Catholic priest suspected of sexually assaulting dozens of children, in Etrechy, outside Paris, Wednesday, Sept 16, 2026, Placards read from the left: ‘330,000 victims of child sexual abuse, never again’ and Delfosse, the church knew’. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Pope Leo XIV will meet with the French abuse survivors as critics demand action

September 22, 2026 at 2:45 p.m.

Pope Leo XIV, during his four-day visit to France beginning Friday, will meet privately with seven survivors of sexual abuse by priests and other Catholic personnel.

Members of trade unions take part in a rally a day ahead of the International Labor Day, in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, April 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Ali Raza)

What to know about May Day demonstrations as workers face rising energy costs due to Iran war

May 1, 2026 at 8:22 a.m.

Activists worldwide gathered for May Day rallies and street protests Friday, calling for peace, higher wages and better working conditions as many workers grapple with rising energy costs and shrinking...

People queue outside the Louvre museum, in Paris, France, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

The home of the ‘Mona Lisa’ has a new boss to steer the Louvre out of crisis after jewel heist

February 25, 2026 at 11:45 a.m.

The home of the “Mona Lisa” is getting a new boss. Art historian Christophe Leribault, a veteran museum director, is taking over at the Louvre, shouldering the challenge of getting...

Unionists demonstrate at the entrance of the Louvre museum after employees have voted to extend a strike that has disrupted operations at the world’s most visited museum, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Louvre workers vote to extend a strike as the museum partially reopens

December 17, 2025 at 8:16 a.m.

Employees at the Louvre Museum voted to extend a strike that has disrupted operations at the world’s most visited museum, though the attraction partially opened Wednesday to allow visitors to...

Soldiers patrol in the courtyard of the Louvre museum, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)

What to know about the 4 suspects in the Louvre crown jewels heist

May 22, 2026 at 7:46 p.m.

Four suspects in the Louvre heist have been handed preliminary charges and incarcerated, including three believed to be members of the team who forced its way into the museum, leaving...

Paris prosecutor: 2 Louvre heist suspects had prior theft conviction together

May 22, 2026 at 7:46 p.m.

The Paris prosecutor said Sunday that two of the suspects in the Louvre jewels heist had previously been convicted in a theft case together 10 years ago, as three alleged...

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