BARBARA SURK

France's Prime Minister Michel Barnier gestures as delivers a speech at the National Assembly, in Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
France’s new premier postpones election in New Caledonia until next year
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier says he has postponed a provincial election in the restive Pacific territory of New Caledonia.
 
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, center, his wife Stella Assange, right, and editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks Kristinn Hrafnsson, raise their fists as they arrive at the Council of Europe, in Strasbourg, eastern France, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Pascal Bastien)
WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange says he pleaded ‘guilty to journalism’ in order to be freed
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says that he was freed because “I pled guilty to journalism.” In his first public remarks since he was released from prison in June, Assange testified Tuesday to the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly, which includes lawmakers from 46 European countries, on h
 
FILE - Smoke rises during protests in Noumea, New Caledonia, Wednesday May 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Nicolas Job, File)
France has a new government. Can it solve the New Caledonia crisis after months of deadly unrest?
Tensions have been rising in the French Pacific territory New Caledonia after four months of deadly unrest. On Tuesday, loyalists to Paris will mark the anniversary of the French takeover.
 
FILE - A vessel of the French Gendarmerie Nationale patrols in front of the Wimereux beach, France, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Nicholas Garriga, File)
At least 8 people have died trying to cross the English Channel
Authorities say at least eight people have died during a failed attempt to cross the English Channel from northern France. The tragedy occurred Saturday just before midnight when authorities spotted a boat in distress.
 
FILE - Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov, center, smiles following his meeting with Indonesian Communication and Information Minister Rudiantara in Jakarta, Indonesia on Aug. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)
Telegram CEO Durov faces preliminary charges in France of allowing crime on messaging app
French authorities have handed Telegram CEO Pavel Durov preliminary charges for allowing alleged criminal activity on his messaging app and barred him from leaving France pending further investigation.
 
French President Emmanuel Macron gestures at the Elysee Palace as French left-wing coalition accuses Emmanuel Macron of denying democracy after he has rejected the New Popular Front's candidate to form a new government following last month's inconclusive election, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
France’s leftist coalition fumes over Macron’s rejection of its candidate to become prime minister
The leaders of France’s main left-wing coalition have accused President Emmanuel Macron of denying democracy. Macron rejected the New Popular Front’s candidate to form a new government following last month’s inconclusive election.
 
FILE - Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov, center, smiles following his meeting with Indonesian Communication and Information Minister Rudiantara in Jakarta, Indonesia on Aug. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)
French authorities arrest Telegram CEO Pavel Durov at a Paris airport, French media report
French broadcast media reports say the founder and CEO of the popular messaging service Telegram has been detained at a Paris airport.
 
French authorities arrest suspect in an explosion at a synagogue that injured a police officer
French acting Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin says police have apprehended a suspect in an arson attack on a synagogue in a southwestern Mediterranean town in which a police officer was injured.
 
French authorities arrest suspect behind explosion at a synagogue that has injured a police officer
French acting Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin says police have apprehended a suspect who was responsible for an arson attack on a synagogue in a southwestern Mediterranean town in which a police officer has been injured.
 
British Paralympian Helene Raynsford holds the Paralympic Torch during the flame lighting ceremony in Stoke Mandeville, widely considered the birthplace of the Paralympic Games, England, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Thomas Krych)
Under sea and over land, the Paris Paralympics flame is lit before beginning an exceptional journey
The Paris Paralympics flame has been lit in the British village of Stoke Mandeville, widely considered the birthplace of the Paralympic Games.
 
Travis Scott watches the France vs' Germany game during a men's semifinals basketball game at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Travis Scott is released from police custody after arrest over a Paris hotel altercation
Prosecutors in France say Travis Scott, the rapper, has been released from police custody a day after his arrest at a Paris hotel following an altercation with a security guard.
 
FILE - Police officers patrol inside the Gare du Nord train station at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 26, 2024, in Paris, France. The French government says multiple telecommunications lines have been hit by acts of vandalism, affecting fiber lines and fixed and mobile phone lines as cities around France are hosting events for the 2024 Paris Olympics. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)
Vandalism hits communication lines in France, but the Paris Olympics aren’t affected
The French government says multiple telecommunications lines have been hit by acts of vandalism, affecting fiber lines and fixed and mobile phone lines as cities around France are hosting events for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
 
FILE - A police officer attaches fences at the security perimeter at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 21, 2024, in Paris, France.T hree days before the start of the Olympics, France's Interior Minister has hailed the country’s law enforcement for their hard work in making the Paris Games safe for 10,500 athletes and millions of visitors. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla, File)
Russian man is among those arrested in plots targeting Paris Olympics
French authorities say they have foiled several plots to disrupt the 2024 Olympics. France has been on high alert over the past few weeks as preparations to host the Olympics in Paris hit the final stretch.
 
FILE - A police officer walks past a Paris Olympics canvas at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 20, 2024, in Paris, France. Three days before the start of the Olympics, France's Interior Minister has hailed the country’s law enforcement for their hard work in making the Paris Games safe for 10,500 athletes and millions of visitors. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla, File)
1,000 people suspected of spying have been blocked from Olympics, French official says
Three days before the start of the 2024 Olympics, France’s interior minister says about 1,000 people suspected of possibly meddling for a foreign power have been blocked from attending the Olympics.
 
FILE - Abbe Pierre addresses journalists in his home of Alfortville, east of Paris, on Aug. 5, 2005. Several women have accused late French priest Abbe Pierre of sexual assault or harassment, his foundation said Wednesday July 17, 2024. Abbe Pierre was one of France's most beloved public figures and a lifelong advocate for the homeless. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
Beloved priest Abbe Pierre was the conscience of France. Several women now accuse him of assault
An foundation says a legendary French priest and a lifelong advocate of the homeless has been accused of committing acts that would amount to “sexual assault or sexual harassment.”
 
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal leaves the weekly cabinet meeting, Tuesday, July 16, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
French president accepts prime minister’s resignation but keeps him as head of caretaker government
French President Emmanuel Macron has accepted the prime minister’s resignation but kept him on as head of a caretaker government.
 
FILE - Tunisian President Kais Saied attends a signing ceremony with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Friday, May 31, 2024. Tunisia presidency says the North African country will hold its next presidential elections on Oct. 6. Its increasingly authoritarian President Kais Saied has yet to announce if he will seek a second term after five tumultuous years of leading Tunisia, once seen as a model of democracy for the Arab world. (Tingshu Wang/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Tunisia sets elections for October. The increasingly authoritarian president hasn’t said he’ll run
Tunisia’s increasingly authoritarian leader has scheduled the next presidential election for October without saying whether he will seek a second term.
 
FILE - In this photo released on Nov. 9, 2019 by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks in Damascus, Syria. The Paris appeals court is expected to decide on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, whether to uphold an arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar Assad that France issued last year for alleged complicity in war crimes during Syria's civil war. (SANA via AP, File)
Prosecutors ask France’s highest court to rule on validity of arrest warrant for Syria’s president
French prosecutors have asked the country’s highest court to rule on the validity of the international arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar Assad over complicity in war crimes during Syria’s civil war.
 
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, center campaigns with local candidate for the second round of the legislative election Stanislas Guerini, right, Tuesday, July 2, 2024 in Paris. After France's far-right National Rally surged into the lead in the first round of legislative elections, some European neighbors on Monday cast a wary eye on the latest country to veer to the right on the continent. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
French candidates make hurried deals to try to stop far-right National Rally from leading government
 
FILE - Leader of the French far-right National Rally Marine Le Pen, left, and lead candidate of the party for the upcoming European election Jordan Bardella during a political meeting on June 2, 2024 in Paris. At just 28 years old, Jordan Bardella has led the French far right to a landslide victory in the European Parliament election in June. After voters propelled Marine Le Pen's National Rally to a strong lead in the first round of national legislative elections on Sunday, Bardella has turned to rallying supporters to grant Marine Le Pen's party an absolute majority in the decisive round of voting on July 7 and make him the prime minister of France. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla, File)
At 28, Bardella could become youngest French prime minister at helm of far-right National Rally
At just 28 years old, Jordan Bardella has helped make the far-right National Rally the strongest political force in France. And now he could become the country’s youngest prime minister.
 
Supporters of French far right leader Marine Le Pen react after the release of projections based on the actual vote count in select constituencies , Sunday, June 30, 2024 in Henin-Beaumont, northern France. French voters propelled the far-right National Rally to a strong lead in first-round legislative elections Sunday and plunged the country into political uncertainty, according to polling projections. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
French far right works to turn election win into power. Its rivals want to stop it in decisive vote
France’s fiercely anti-immigration National Rally and opponents of the far-right party are scrambling to capitalize on a first round of voting in high-stakes surprise legislative elections.
 
FILE - Leader of the French far-right National Rally Marine Le Pen, left and lead candidate of the party for the upcoming European election Jordan Bardella during a political meeting on June 2, 2024 in Paris. France's far-right leader has contradicted the country's constitution when she raised the question of who would be in charge of the military if her hostile National Rally takes over the government after the election. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla, File)
French far-right leader Le Pen questions president’s role as army chief ahead of parliament election
France’s landmark legislative elections are just three days away and the country’s far-right leader is asking who would be in charge of the military if her party takes over after the two-round balloting.
 
FILE - In this photo released on Nov. 9, 2019 by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks in Damascus, Syria. The Paris appeals court is expected to decide on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, whether to uphold an arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar Assad that France issued last year for alleged complicity in war crimes during Syria's civil war. (SANA via AP, File)
Paris court upholds validity of France’s arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar Assad
The Paris appeals court has ruled that an international arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar Assad issued by France for alleged complicity in war crimes during Syria’s civil war is valid and remains in place.
 
FILE - Demonstrators hold Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) flags during a gathering in Paris, Thursday May.16, 2024. A pro-independence movement in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia is demanding the “release and immediate return” of the Indigenous Kanak leader who was flown more than 10,000 miles to mainland France for pretrial detention. Christian Tein, a leader of the movement known as The Field Action Coordination Unit, and six other Kanak activists are now awaiting trial over their alleged role in recent deadly unrest. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla, File)
New Caledonia independence group demands Indigenous leader’s release from custody in mainland France
A pro-independence movement in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia is demanding the “release and immediate return” of the Indigenous Kanak leader who was flown more than 10,000 miles to mainland France for pretrial detention.
 
FILE - Smoke rises during protests in Noumea, New Caledonia, Wednesday May 15, 2024. The French Pacific territory of New Caledonia is shortening its overnight curfew and reopening its international airport that was closed to commercial flights for more than a month because of deadly violence. The archipelago's high commissioner said Sunday, June 16, 2024 the La Tontouta airport that links New Caledonia’s capital, Nouméa, to Sydney, Tokyo and other Pacific hubs will reopen Monday. (AP Photo/Nicolas Job, File)
New Caledonia Indigenous independence leader transferred to mainland France for pretrial detention
New Caledonia’s public prosecutor says a pro-independence leader in the French Pacific territory has been transferred to a jail in mainland France to await trial for his alleged role in a recent deadly unrest.
 
From left to right, leaders of France left-wing coalition for the upcoming election Green Party Yannick Jadot, Communist Party national secretary Fabien Roussel, Socialist Party Secretary General Olivier Faure President of the Green Party Marine Tondelier and Far-left Manuel Bompard applause as they pose for a group photo after a media conference in Paris, Friday, June 14, 2024. Leaders of France's left-wing parties, allied in a coalition known as the New Popular Front on Friday outlined their plan to fend off the far-right from claiming power at the upcoming snap national election. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla) Socialist Party Secretary General Olivier Faure gestures a he speaks during a media conference for the upcoming election as far-left Manuel Bompard, Green Party Marine Tondelier, Green Party Yannick Jadot, and Communist Party national secretary Fabien Roussel
France’s leftist alliance leaders vow to ‘extinguish the flame’ of far right in upcoming elections
Leaders of France’s new leftist alliance have warned that the far right is “at the door of power.” Allied in a coalition known as the New Popular Front, they outlined their plan to prevent the surging far right from taking power in upcoming national legislative elections.
 
French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech, Wednesday, June 12, 2024 in Paris. President Emmanuel Macron is addressing French voters on Wednesday for the first times since he has called snap national election following a crushing defeat of his party by the far-right in the European vote. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
France’s Macron defends decision on snap legislative elections, urges voters to defeat far-right
French President Emmanuel Macron has defended his decision to call snap parlimentary elections after his party’s crushing defeat in the European parliamentary vote. Macron has a presidential mandate until 2027.
 
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen delivers a speech as Jordan Bardella, president of the French far-right National Rally, listens at the party election night headquarters after French President Emanuel Macron announced he dissolves National Assembly and calls new legislative election after defeat in EU vote, Sunday, June 9, 2024 in Paris. First projected results from France put far-right National Rally party well ahead in EU elections, according to French opinion poll institutes. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
French opposition parties on the left and right seek alliances ahead of snap elections
French opposition parties on the left and the right are scrambling to form alliances for the upcoming snap elections called by President Emmanuel Macron after his party suffered a crushing defeat by the far right in the European vote on Sunday.
 
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen arrives at the National Rally party headquarters, Monday, June 10, 2024 in Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the lower house of France's parliament in a surprise announcement sending voters back to the polls in the coming weeks to choose lawmakers, after his party was handed a humbling defeat by the far-right in the European elections Sunday. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
Macron hopes to contain far right in national elections after it surged in EU vote. It’s a risky bet
French President Emmanuel Macron called snap legislative elections after his pro-European party was handed a chastening defeat and projected to garner less than half the support of Marine Le Pen’s National Rally.
 
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left is greeted by French President Emmanuel Macron, at the international ceremony at Omaha Beach, near Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer. Thursday, June 6, 2024. Normandy is hosting various events to officially commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings that took place on June 6, 1944. (Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP)
As Zelenskyy visits for D-Day, Macron promises Ukraine Mirage aircraft to fend off Russian attacks
French President Emmanuel Macron says France will provide Ukraine with its Mirage combat aircraft to be able to defend their country against Russian aggression.
 
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