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 French police on Monday detained 11 men suspected of helping the perpetrator of the terrorist attack in Nice in July that left 86 people dead. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161212/eleven-men-questioned-over-nice-terrorist-attack Mon, 12 Dec 2016 18:13:22 +0100 eleven-men-questioned-over-nice-terrorist-attack Did a ban on night time raids in Belgium allow Salah Abdeslam, the most wanted man in Europe to get away? That's the question being asked after Belgium Justice Minister made a worrying revelation this week. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151217/abdeslam-belgium-raids-rules-night-brussels Thu, 17 Dec 2015 11:07:28 +0100 abdeslam-belgium-raids-rules-night-brussels An article by UK newspaper Daily Express has been ridiculed in France after it listed the seven "terror threat" cities across France and questioned whether British people should feel safe to travel across the Channel at all. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151215/uk-papers-map-of-french-terror-spots-ridiculed Tue, 15 Dec 2015 13:04:54 +0100 uk-papers-map-of-french-terror-spots-ridiculed A woman blew herself up and a suspected jihadist was killed on Wednesday in a massive police assault in Paris targeting the possible mastermind of France's worst-ever terror attacks. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151118/woman-blows-herself-up-man-killed-in-massive-raid-paris-terror-attacks Wed, 18 Nov 2015 16:50:13 +0100 woman-blows-herself-up-man-killed-in-massive-raid-paris-terror-attacks Police in Aachen are set to apologize to the seven people they arrested on Tuesday in the hunt for a key suspect in the Paris terrorist attacks. All seven were released hours after their arrest, without charge. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151117/three-arrested-in-aachen-connect-to-terror-attacks Tue, 17 Nov 2015 14:14:30 +0100 three-arrested-in-aachen-connect-to-terror-attacks A French police dog named Diesel was killed on Wednesday during a huge security services' operation against jihadists holed up in an apartment to the north of Paris, police said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151118/police-dog-killed-by-jihadists-during-paris-raid Wed, 18 Nov 2015 14:34:40 +0100 police-dog-killed-by-jihadists-during-paris-raid Under draft plans aimed to beef up security on its train network after the recent foiled terror attack, France looks set to impose an outright travel ban on certain individuals. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150831/train-security-france-could-ban-passengers-terrorism-jihadists Mon, 31 Aug 2015 12:38:00 +0200 train-security-france-could-ban-passengers-terrorism-jihadists UPDATED: French PM Manuel Valls said a 24-year-old IT student's foiled terror plot was undoubtedly designed to target the country's Christians as one terrorism expert tells The Local, the already stretched counter-terror forces will have no choice but to boost security at the country's churches. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150423/france-must-tighten-security-even-further Thu, 23 Apr 2015 11:01:07 +0200 france-must-tighten-security-even-further A French prosecutor said Thursday he would pursue charges of attempted murder and terrorism against seven of the 12 suspected Islamist extremists arrested at the weekend. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121011/french-terrorist-cell-biggest-threat-since-90s Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:54:00 +0200 french-terrorist-cell-biggest-threat-since-90s A French-Turkish university student went on trial on Wednesday accused of links to an outlawed far-left extremist group in a case that has sparked criticism from human rights groups. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120926/french-student-caught-in-turkish-terror-trial Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:05:00 +0200 french-student-caught-in-turkish-terror-trial