Pierre Longeray
Contributor
The French Government Has an App to Warn People About Terror Attacks and Nuclear Disasters
The new app will geolocate users to send them relevant notifications and advice in the event of an incident in their area.
Europe's Annual Drug Report Maps Out Who's Getting High On What
A survey of European drug trends found that use is on the rise, and that competition is driving demand for higher-purity products.
Paris Will Start Swabbing High Schoolers to See If They're Smoking Pot
The saliva tests to detect weed use will be administered by medical personnel in schools. In the case of students who are still minors, the results will be forwarded to their parents.
Protesters in France Set Police Car Ablaze as Cops Gather to Denounce 'Police Hatred'
The country's leading police union organized a demonstration in Paris, but counter-protesters challenged an official ban to march against police brutality at the same time.
Belgium Puts Suspected Islamic State-Linked Terrorists on Trial for Planning Attacks
The men are alleged members of the Verviers terror cell, which has many similarities and connections with the cells that carried out the Paris and Brussels attacks, but was broken up before it had a chance to strike.
Locals In Northern Mali Join Islamist Militants In Hating On French, UN Troops
Along with UN peacekeepers, there are thousands of French soldiers fighting Islamists in Africa — and now tensions are emerging with the local population.
'An Everest of Murderous Frenzy': Marseille Drug Gangs Are Using GPS to Kill Their Rivals
Police in Marseille have allegedly discovered the tracking devices affixed to the cars of several recent victims of the city's drug turf wars.
France Introduces Armed Undercover Marshals — On Trains, not Planes
The introduction of plainclothes security guards is just one of the measures to increase rail security after recent terror attacks in Europe.
Paris Police Just Moved 1,000 Migrants Out of a Squalid Subway Camp
The migrants, mostly Afghans and Africans, will be rehoused by the city in emergency shelters in and around Paris.
Somali Pirates Charged with a Hijacking That Killed a French Skipper Are on Trial in France
The seven pirates charged in connection to the deadly hijacking have spent the last five years incarcerated in France, and face life imprisonment if found guilty.
In Photos: Students In France Close Down Schools and Clash With Police During Labor Protests
Students fear the government's proposed changes will make workers more vulnerable, even as the country continues to struggle with a high unemployment rate.
France's Child Abductees from the Island of Réunion Are Grown and Want Answers
In the 1960s and 1970s more than 1,600 children were taken from the Indian Ocean island of Reunion to repopulate rural France — many of them without their parents' consent.