Manuel Valls embodies alternative approach from French leftStrong state to ‘provide security . . . to run our healthcare system’, says prime ministerThu Apr 23 2015 - 01:00
French church attacks foiled but woman found dead nearbyStudent with links to al-Qaeda arrested on suspicion of terrorist plot and murderWed Apr 22 2015 - 17:39
Paris holds firm on nomination of gay ambassador to VaticanHoly See yet to confirm Laurent Stefanini posting three months after appointmentSat Apr 11 2015 - 01:00
Le Pens at war as daughter openly opposes her fatherMarine Le Pen accuses her National Front-founder father of ‘political suicide’Thu Apr 09 2015 - 01:00
Germanwings crash: second black box confirms view on causeCo-pilot Andreas Lubitz accelerated for maximum impact on descent to French AlpsSat Apr 04 2015 - 01:00
Bailey loss over Garda conduct may cost taxpayers millionsJury dismisses claim gardaí conspired to implicate Bailey in death of Toscan du PlantierTue Mar 31 2015 - 07:39
Sophie Toscan du Plantier’s family pleased with outcome of Ian Bailey caseFamily’s lawyer predicts ‘new impetus’ in criminal investigationMon Mar 30 2015 - 22:09
Andreas Lubitz, co-pilot and killerThe Germanwings pilot who flew 149 people to their deaths was an apparently normal, apolitical 27-year-old. The reasons for his actions may lie in a personal crisis and medical conditionSat Mar 28 2015 - 01:00
Germanwings crash: Focus on co-pilot’s motivationGerman police search bungalow in Rhineland town where Lubitz lived with his parentsFri Mar 27 2015 - 08:29
Germanwings co-pilot calm as he flew jet into mountainsThe cockpit recording indicates a deliberate act by co-pilot, says French prosecutorFri Mar 27 2015 - 01:00
Alps air crash disaster: Nations grapple with shocking loss of lifeEuropean leaders demonstrate solidarity as alpine valley awaits bodies and the families of victims, writes Lara MarloweThu Mar 26 2015 - 01:00
Tunisian minister followed Bardo attack from ‘crisis cell’Latifa Lakhdar to unveil memorial to Tunis museum massacre victimsTue Mar 24 2015 - 01:00
Lara Marlowe: How seeds of jihad were sown in TunisiaPolitician shot outside his home had opposed training of local youths for Syria and LibyaMon Mar 23 2015 - 01:00
Tunisians defy extremists to celebrate independenceTunis refuses to declare national day of mourning in aftermath of attacksSat Mar 21 2015 - 01:00
Rembrandt: not just an artist but the embodiment of his country’s spirit‘Late Rembrandt’, at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, shows that the great Dutch painter was also centuries ahead of his timeSat Mar 21 2015 - 01:00
French conservatives say they have a lot to learn from Ireland’s experienceMinister believes Ireland is not beginning a new property boomFri Mar 20 2015 - 01:30
‘Charlie Hebdo’ style attack unites Tunisia in griefSorrow, anger and defiance in response to the jihadist attack on Bardo museumFri Mar 20 2015 - 01:00
Islamic State says it murdered 20 tourists and policeman in TunisTunisian officials say more than 3,000 young men have gone to fight with IS in SyriaFri Mar 20 2015 - 01:00
Wrestling with radical Islam is an uphill battle in FranceFrench government reliance on establishment imams misguided, writes Lara MarloweWed Mar 18 2015 - 01:00
Bruton criticises Sinn Féin response to sex abuse allegations‘Expectation’ all information from internal investigations would be turned over, says BrutonTue Mar 17 2015 - 22:28
Two million people watch New York paradeFrom Brussels to Melbourne, St Patrick’s Day is celebrated in style across the globeTue Mar 17 2015 - 22:10
French police on trial for negligence in deaths of young immigrantsElectrocution in 2005 of two immigrant teenagers led to major riots in ParisMon Mar 16 2015 - 20:39
An Irishwoman’s Diary about Miceal O’Rourke, Russia’s best-loved Irish pianistEncore after encore in St PetersburgSat Mar 14 2015 - 01:01
France in mourning after athletes killed in helicopter crashChampion yachtswoman Florence Arthaud, swimmer Camille Muffat and boxer Alexis Vastine among 10 killed during filming of a reality television showWed Mar 11 2015 - 01:00
Museum cats have crawled down through Russian historySt Petersburg Letter: Hermitage museum houses 70 cats in its basement and courtyardsTue Mar 10 2015 - 05:00
French authorities target pilots of drones seen over ParisUnmanned aircraft overfly landmarks on two consecutive nightsThu Feb 26 2015 - 11:44
Trial of 10 on charges of defrauding L’Oréal heiress closesVerdict to be delivered by JuneThu Feb 26 2015 - 01:00
‘Charlie Hebdo’ back six weeks after seven-million selling editionSatirical weekly richest publication in France since nine staff were murderedWed Feb 25 2015 - 01:00
Anti-Semitism ‘like leprosy’, Francois Hollande saysFrench president trying to rebuild unity between Jewish and Muslim communitiesTue Feb 24 2015 - 22:14
The strange survival of Dominique Strauss-KahnHis political career may be in tatters, but despite numerous scandals involving allegations of sexual violence and pimping, the former IMF director is still eluding convictionSat Feb 21 2015 - 00:05
Strauss-Kahn pimping trial ends in smilesBeaming former IMF director says he felt he was listened to, unlike some defendantsFri Feb 20 2015 - 22:39
French government survives vote of no confidenceTimid reform law comes at the cost of unity on the leftFri Feb 20 2015 - 01:00
Paris commuter files formal complaint against Chelsea fansScotland Yard helps Paris police in search for fans who racially abused black manFri Feb 20 2015 - 01:00
Police investigation reveals details of Paris attacksDegree of co-ordination between Kouachi brothers and Amedy Coulibaly disclosedWed Feb 18 2015 - 01:00
France ‘at war with Islamo-fascism’, says prime ministerDesecration of Jewish cemetery has compounded shock at attacks in Copenhagen, writes Lara MarloweTue Feb 17 2015 - 01:00
France concludes €5.2bn arms deal with EgyptParis and Cairo share disquiet at rise of Islamic State, writes Lara MarloweTue Feb 17 2015 - 01:00
The French Intifada review: Jihadists put paid to liberté, égalité, fraternitéSins of France’s colonial fathers have come back to haunt the country in the form of a remorseless Muslim intifadaSat Feb 14 2015 - 00:33
Strauss-Kahn combative in final day on stand in pimping trialFormer IMF director angrily tells court he is not on trial for sexual behaviourFri Feb 13 2015 - 00:10
Dramatic turn as Strauss-Kahn not questioned on key evidenceStrauss-Kahn annoyed that text messages were being read out of context in courtThu Feb 12 2015 - 18:33
Shamed and shameless on view at Strauss-Kahn trialFormer IMF boss claims to have ‘rougher sexuality’ than average manWed Feb 11 2015 - 22:10
Strauss-Kahn rejects prostitutes’ accounts of partiesSeemingly bored ex-IMF director says he had no idea the women at ‘soirées’ were hiredTue Feb 10 2015 - 21:05
Hollande says secularism a guarantee against intolerance in FranceFrench president also warns that Ukraine conflict could become ‘total’Fri Feb 06 2015 - 01:00
Strauss-Kahn trial: Women tell of shame of prostitution ringFormer call-girls paint portrait of sleaze and orgies in ‘Carlton’ case, writes Lara MarloweTue Feb 03 2015 - 21:23
African Muslim attacks soldiers outside Jewish centreAssailant had tried to reach jihad in Syria, writes Lara MarloweTue Feb 03 2015 - 20:41
Sordid claims and dark jokes mark start of Strauss-Kahn trialFormer IMF director faces up to 10 years in jail if guilty of ‘aggravated pimping’ chargesMon Feb 02 2015 - 22:34
French schoolboy (8) suspected of ‘defending terrorism’Police summons of child who wouldn't take part in minute’s silence sparks national debateFri Jan 30 2015 - 04:47
Irish economy ‘not an exemplar’, says President HigginsCitizens have paid ‘a very high price’, president tells tells Strasbourg assemblyTue Jan 27 2015 - 19:47
France welcomes Syriza as Hollande looks to role of consensus-seekerFrench communist party leader Pierre Laurent ‘absolutely thrilled’Tue Jan 27 2015 - 01:00
Political unity disintegrates after Sarkozy commentsFrance’s post-attack ‘sacred union’ between left and right broken by the UMP leaderFri Jan 23 2015 - 01:00
Former French soldiers among Islamic State recruitsFrance unveils measures two weeks after Paris attacks, including €725m in new spendingThu Jan 22 2015 - 10:49
