https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Some 50 protesters opposed to Cameroon's President Paul Biya broke into the country's Paris embassy, vandalising portraits of him, witnesses said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190127/protesters-invade-cameroon-embassy-in-paris Sun, 27 Jan 2019 12:50:48 +0100 protesters-invade-cameroon-embassy-in-paris Authorities in Burkina Faso were on Saturday hunting for clues about the masterminds behind Friday's deadly twin attacks on the French embassy and the country's military HQ. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180303/dozens-dead-in-attacks-on-french-embassy-and-military-hq-in-burkina-faso Sat, 03 Mar 2018 04:48:22 +0100 dozens-dead-in-attacks-on-french-embassy-and-military-hq-in-burkina-faso Two former employees of the German embassy in Paris have accused it of using fake invoicing practices to channel money into a fund used to give staff undeclared cash salary top-ups. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171101/german-embassy-in-paris-accused-of-wrongful-dismissal-and-undeclared-staff-payments Wed, 01 Nov 2017 17:11:49 +0100 german-embassy-in-paris-accused-of-wrongful-dismissal-and-undeclared-staff-payments Gunmen in Benghazi, Libya fired at the vehicle of France's honorary consul in the city, Jean Dufriche, on Thursday night, as he was returning home with his wife. Neither were injured, although ten bullets are reported to have hit the car. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130705/french-consul-in-libya-survives-gun-attack Fri, 05 Jul 2013 17:37:00 +0200 french-consul-in-libya-survives-gun-attack Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, begins her first solo official visit abroad on Monday, a two-day sojourn to Paris that will include a trip to a charity of which she is a leading patron, a tour of the Louvre, and a stop at a haute couture workshop. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130527/british-royal-begins-landmark-visit-to-paris Mon, 27 May 2013 14:52:40 +0200 british-royal-begins-landmark-visit-to-paris Two guards at the French embassy in the Libyan capital of Tripoli have reportedly been wounded after a car bomb exploded outside the building on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130423/french-embassy-in-libya-hit-by-car-bomb Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:00:00 +0200 french-embassy-in-libya-hit-by-car-bomb A small group of protesters, most of them women, on Tuesday destroyed a Iranian police post protecting the French embassy in Tehran and threw stones at visitors to the mission before being arrested, a diplomat inside told AFP. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121002/iranian-women-stone-french-embassy-destroy-police-post Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:11:00 +0200 iranian-women-stone-french-embassy-destroy-police-post An 18-year-old man who threatened on Facebook the editors of the French satirical weekly that published cartoons of a naked Prophet Muhammad was charged Sunday with terrorism-related activity, a judicial source said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120924/two-arrested-over-threats-to-french-cartoonists Mon, 24 Sep 2012 11:20:00 +0200 two-arrested-over-threats-to-french-cartoonists About 10,000 Bangladeshis took to the streets of Dhaka on Friday to demonstrate against an anti-Islam film made in the US and cartoons in a French satirical magazine caricaturing the Prophet Muhammad. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120921/10000-bangladeshis-march-against-french-cartoon Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:26:00 +0200 10000-bangladeshis-march-against-french-cartoon Bloody clashes and violence flared Friday as Pakistan shut down for mass protests against a US-made anti-Islam film that has fanned global Muslim anger, inflamed further by French cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120921/french-cartoons-flame-protest-across-muslim-nations Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:43:00 +0200 french-cartoons-flame-protest-across-muslim-nations Thousands of Pakistanis clashed with police firing live rounds and tear gas Thursday as anger mounted in the Muslim world over a US-made anti-Islam film and French cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120920/clashes-in-pakistan-over-french-cartoons Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:14:00 +0200 clashes-in-pakistan-over-french-cartoons Paris police have banned two demonstrations planned for Saturday, including one in front of the city's Grand Mosque, to protest against a US-made anti-Islam film, a police source said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120920/paris-police-ban-grand-mosque-protest Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:14:00 +0200 paris-police-ban-grand-mosque-protest Up to 200 people protested without incident in front of France's embassy in Tehran on Thursday over a French satirical weekly's publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, an AFP correspondent reported. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120920/anti-france-protests-spread-to-iran Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:31:00 +0200 anti-france-protests-spread-to-iran Hundreds of Afghans on Thursday protested for the first time against cartoons of the prophet Muhammad published in France and staged fresh rallies against a US-made anti-Islam film. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120920/hundreds-of-afghans-protest-over-french-cartoons Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:57:00 +0200 hundreds-of-afghans-protest-over-french-cartoons The White House on Wednesday questioned the judgment of a French weekly that published cartoons mocking the Prophet Muhammad, but said the decision was no justification for violence. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120920/us-criticizes-french-magazine-over-cartoons Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:11:00 +0200 us-criticizes-french-magazine-over-cartoons France stepped up security and appealed for calm Wednesday after a weekly published naked cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that risked fanning outrage in the Islamic world. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120919/france-closes-embassies-amid-cartoon-fears Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:06:00 +0200 france-closes-embassies-amid-cartoon-fears