A Bastille Day celebration turned deadly Thursday after a man driving a truck carrying explosives and plowed into a crowd in Nice in southern France, killing 77, and leaving carnage nearly a mile-long, reports CNN. Police shot and killed the driver, who reportedly pointed his tractor-trailer into the crowd and accelerated, mowing bodies over, witnesses said. Nobody […]
A 22-year-old South African woman, Isobel Bowdery, was attending a rock concert last Friday night when her life forever changed. At first, Bowdery naively thought the gunmen that entered the Bataclan were all part of the show. She quickly learned that was not the case after seeing blood and hearing screaming. Bowdery took to Facebook […]
According to officials, Salah Abdeslam, one of the individuals who helped orchestrate the deadly attacks in Paris on Friday, was reportedly located inside a building in a suburban town in Belgium.
When we first heard about an article from the Guardian about France employers from sending their workers emails after 6pm, we nearly packed our bags and…
Fourteen Caribbean countries have filed lawsuits against the European countries that colonized them, seeking reparations for slavery, Al-Jazeera America reports. SEE ALSO: 81-Year-Old Has A…
PARIS — French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who has labored to improve French relations with Israel, said he “can’t stand” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and called him a liar in a chat with President Barack Obama. The conversation between Sarkozy and Obama was overheard by reporters last week at the Group of 20 summit in […]
Call them riots or civil insurrections, when a disenfranchised population is triggered by an event that symbolizes their shared grievances, the consequences can be the unleashing of years of suppressed frustration and rage. While it is common for governments to blame the rioters, a detailed look at the causes show that the law and law […]
The son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi recently told El Khabar, an Algerian newspaper, that his father’s administration is in negotiations with the French government about support of rebels who have worked to oust Gaddafi’s government since February. “Our envoy to (Nicolas) Sarkozy said that the French president was very clear and told him ‘We […]
An article on The Root highlights the career of Alain Dolium, a Black French politician and candidate for France’s National Assembly in 2012. The Root reports: Not surprisingly, some pundits and media have referred to Dolium as the “French Obama.” He rejects the label as a trap, an attempt to reduce his candidacy to his […]
FRANCE— At least two women were arrested for protesting France’s ban on full-faced veils. Also read: “I’m Offended That My Good Friend Didn’t Invite Me To Her Wedding”
