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 A French aid worker kidnapped in Mali in 2016 and the country's main opposition leader have landed to emotional reunions with their families after their release, along with two Italian hostages. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201009/french-hostage-released-after-four-years-of-captivity-in-mali Fri, 09 Oct 2020 10:25:38 +0200 french-hostage-released-after-four-years-of-captivity-in-mali An inmate armed with a homemade weapon took two guards hostage at a high-security prison in northwest France on Tuesday before both were freed unharmed five hours later, authorities said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190612/two-guards-freed-at-french-prison-as-hostage-standoff-ends Wed, 12 Jun 2019 10:25:32 +0200 two-guards-freed-at-french-prison-as-hostage-standoff-ends An armed man was shot by police in a supermarket in northern France after he took a woman hostage on Thursday night, according to reports. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160122/video-hostage-in-shooting-drama-at-french-supermarket Fri, 22 Jan 2016 11:13:35 +0100 video-hostage-in-shooting-drama-at-french-supermarket Twelve flight staff from Air France have been rescued safely from a hotel in Mali, where gunmen are currently holding a reported 170 hostages. Paris has sent an elite French unit to Bamako. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151120/air-france-staff-rescued-from-mali-hostage-drama Fri, 20 Nov 2015 13:54:50 +0100 air-france-staff-rescued-from-mali-hostage-drama Quivering hostages, burning money and the moans of the wounded: One of the most detailed accounts yet has emerged from the standoff at the deadliest scene of the Paris terror attacks. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151117/bataclan-hostage-i-feel-like-ive-been-born-again Tue, 17 Nov 2015 15:27:52 +0100 bataclan-hostage-i-feel-like-ive-been-born-again Frenchwoman Isabelle Prime, who was kidnapped in war-ravaged Yemen on February 24, has been freed and will return home "in the coming hours", the French presidency said late on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150807/french-woman-freed-after-kidnap-in-yemen Fri, 07 Aug 2015 10:38:52 +0200 french-woman-freed-after-kidnap-in-yemen The captors of Frenchwoman Isabelle Prime, kidnapped in Yemen on February 24th, posted the first video of her since her abduction. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150601/captors-post-first-video-of-french-hostage-in-yemen Mon, 01 Jun 2015 12:20:00 +0200 captors-post-first-video-of-french-hostage-in-yemen The father of a French woman taken hostage in Yemen on Tuesday called on her kidnappers "to show their humanity" and set her free along with the Yemeni woman taken at the same time. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150226/father-of-frenchhostage-appeals-for-humanity Thu, 26 Feb 2015 18:20:00 +0100 father-of-frenchhostage-appeals-for-humanity Two aid workers, including a 67-year-old French woman, were kidnapped on Monday in the capital of the strife-torn Central African Republic, the French government said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150120/french-aid-worker-kidnapped-in-centra-african-republic Tue, 20 Jan 2015 09:10:00 +0100 french-aid-worker-kidnapped-in-centra-african-republic Elite French police stormed a printworks and a Jewish supermarket Friday, killing two brothers wanted for the Charlie Hebdo attack and a gunman linked to them in a dramatic end to twin sieges that rocked France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150109/charlie-hebdo-gunmen-killed-at-end-of-twin-siege Fri, 09 Jan 2015 22:51:00 +0100 charlie-hebdo-gunmen-killed-at-end-of-twin-siege For Didier the salesman, a humdrum meeting with a client at a printing business outside of Paris on Friday turned into a run-in with France's most wanted men as he "shook hands" with one of the magazine massacre suspects. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150109/i-shook-his-hand-frenchman-on-run-in-with-suspect Fri, 09 Jan 2015 14:10:00 +0100 i-shook-his-hand-frenchman-on-run-in-with-suspect Four Al-Qaeda militants were exchanged for the release of French hostage Serge Lazarevic, a government minister from Mali admitted on Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141212/al-qaeda-militants-french-hostage Fri, 12 Dec 2014 18:09:00 +0100 al-qaeda-militants-french-hostage France's last remaining hostage, Serge Lazarevic, arrived back in Paris on Wednesday after being held for three years by Islamist militants. As he touched down he was greeted by French President François Hollande. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141210/last-french-hostage-arrives-home-in-paris Wed, 10 Dec 2014 09:22:00 +0100 last-french-hostage-arrives-home-in-paris Some of the suspects in the kidnapping and beheading of French tourist Hervé Gourdel in Algeria have been identified, a minister in the north African country said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141001/suspects-behind-french-tourists-beheading Wed, 01 Oct 2014 11:43:29 +0200 suspects-behind-french-tourists-beheading France was united in deep shock and anger on Thursday after a video was posted online showing the beheading of a French tourist in Algeria by jihadists. President François Hollande has called a crisis meeting on Thursday morning. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140925/france-outraged-after-beheading-of-hostage Thu, 25 Sep 2014 10:38:00 +0200 france-outraged-after-beheading-of-hostage An Algerian group linked to Isis on Monday threatened to kill a kidnapped Frenchman within 24 hours unless Paris halts air strikes on the Islamic militants in Iraq. France has vowed not to negotiate. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140923/french-hostage-held-in-algeria-by-is-linked-group Tue, 23 Sep 2014 10:56:00 +0200 french-hostage-held-in-algeria-by-is-linked-group The French press has reported the suspected gunman behind the massacre at a Brussels Jewish museum allegedly bragged he was going to carry out a terror attack in Paris "five times" worse than the bloody killing spree of Mohamed Merah. But prosecutors are denying there's any evidence he said that. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140908/french-hostage-brussels-shooter-was-syria-captor Mon, 08 Sep 2014 12:35:00 +0200 french-hostage-brussels-shooter-was-syria-captor French President François Hollande has vowed to find out the truth behind the death of a French hostage in Mali and promised "it will not go unpunished". It comes after a jihadist group announced on Wednesday the death of Frenchman Gilberto Rodrigues Leal. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140423/france-condemns-death-of-hostage-in-mali Wed, 23 Apr 2014 10:51:00 +0200 france-condemns-death-of-hostage-in-mali A French engineer abducted by Islamist militants in Nigeria and held for 11 months arrived back in France on Monday after managing to escape his kidnappers. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131118/french-hostage-freed-in-nigeria Mon, 18 Nov 2013 09:30:00 +0100 french-hostage-freed-in-nigeria Nigerian Islamist group Ansaru on Friday released a video of a French national kidnapped in December, the SITE jihadi tracking website said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130928/nigeria-islamists-release-video-of-french-hostage Sat, 28 Sep 2013 11:59:14 +0200 nigeria-islamists-release-video-of-french-hostage