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France bans annual gathering of Muslims in Paris amid terrorism fears, security risks

The decision comes after France increased security at sensitive sites across Paris after a foiled bomb attack on Bank of America's offices last weekend, in the wake of the US-Israeli war on Iran.

A protester holds a placard reading "we are Muslims and proud of it" during a rally against Islamophobia, in Paris on May 11, 2025.
Private security members work outside Bank of America’s Paris offices, after French anti-terrorism prosecutors opened an investigation into attempted destruction by fire or other dangerous means in Paris, France, March 30, 2026.

France suspects link to pro-Iranian group in foiled BofA Paris plot

Gallic skeletons found by archaeologists during excavations of the former garden of the Cordeliers Convent in Paris, France, March 30, 2026.

Archaeologists unearth at least five Gaul skeletons buried sitting upright during Paris excavations

Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein are seen in this image released by the Department of Justice in Washington, DC, US, on December 19, 2025

Edmond de Rothschild Paris offices raided in Epstein-linked probe into diplomat


Meeting between Dermer, Syrian FM on Druze humanitarian corridor postponed - report

Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer and Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani are now likely to meet next week, sources told N12.

Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer; illustrative.

Paris air controller who shouted 'free Palestine' to El Al pilots suspended, minister confirms

French Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot confirmed on Tuesday that the air traffic controller would be “stripped of all ability to practice until further notice.”

An El Al Boeing 787 Dreamliner; illustrative.

Syria will not take part in meetings with Kurdish-led SDF in Paris, state TV says

This comes after Syria has struggled to integrate the US-backed group into its military.

 Syrian Kurds make the peace sign as they gather after Turkey's jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to lay down its arms in Hasakah, Syria February 27, 2025.

'El Al genocide airline': Israel's national airline offices in Paris vandalized

"Today it's El Al, tomorrow it's Air France," Transportation Minister Miri Regev wrote on social media in reaction to what the airline called a "harsh anti-Israel incident."

El Al offices in Paris.

Six to stand trial over 1982 attack on Jewish restaurant in Paris

The bombing and shooting assault on the Jo Goldenberg restaurant in the heart of the Jewish district of the Marais quarter in August 1982 killed six and wounded over 20.

Paris' Mayor Anne Hidalgo delivers a speech at the site of the so called "Rue des Rosiers" or "Chez Jo Goldenberg restaurant" attack, in Paris, on August 9, 2024

From Gaza to Paris: Former hostage Ofer Kalderon honored at Tour de France

At an event honoring 100 days since the October 7 massacre, Israel’s Premier Tech Pro Cycling Team owner Sylvan Adams promised he and Kalderon would one day ride side-by-side at the  Tour de France.

Ofer Kalderon honored by Israel’s Premier Tech Pro Cycling Team at Tour de France, July 27 2025.

New branch of Moulin Doré opens in Jerusalem - restaurant review

“We offer a mix between the Israeli and French tastes,” co-owner Michael Cassar said. “We bring a proper French product and offer it to Israelis.”

‘TRAYS OF all the iconic pastries that Moulin Doré offers made me feel like I was in Paris.’

Hermes' original Birkin bag sells at auction for record $10 million

The bag, which features Birkin's initials "J.B." on the flap and, unlike its descendants, has a strap that cannot be removed, was purchased by a private Japanese buyer over the phone, Sotheby's said.

 The Original Birkin, the handbag crafted by French luxury fashion house Hermes for artist Jane Birkin and offered to her in 1985, is displayed during a media preview of Sotheby's Paris Fashion Icons Sale at Sotheby’s auction house in Paris, France, July 2, 2025.

Paris court extends detention of Iranian woman held on terrorism charges

Investigators also found that Tehran may have provided sums of money to the woman and two others, notably for the purchase of computer equipment used in propaganda activities.

Mahdieh Esfandiari, a 35-year-old Iranian national, on Monday was arrested on February 28 in Lyon while attempting to leave France.

French prosecutors seek trial of six over 1982 attack on Jewish restaurant

The terrorists were members of the Fatah-Revolutionary Council (Fatah-RC), a now-defunct radical Palestinian dissident terror group that was based in Iraq at the time and led by Abu Nidal.

 Firemen evacuate a murdered person after the French-Jewish delicatessen restaurant Jo Goldenberg in Paris was attacked by Palestinian terrorist gunmen that threw a grenade into the restaurant and shot at customers with sub-machine guns, killing six customers and injuring 22 others, August 8, 1982.