Pavel Durov avoids jail with 5 mln euro bail
Co-founder of the Telegram messenger app Pavel Durov has left the court building after being charged with numerous offences related to Telegram …
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EU mission starts work in Armenia
The EU is launching the civilian mission in Armenia (EU Mission in Armenia / EUMA) under the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) today. "The European Union is launching today the EU civilian mission in Armenia under the …
French police arrests attacker of Azerbaijani embassy
A person who attacked the Azerbaijani embassy in France was arrested, the local historian Maxime Gauin said on October 20. According to Gauin, this morning, the Parisian police arrested the former chair of the Armenian Revolutionary …
Paris police use tear gas, rubber bullets against anti-election rally protesters
Police in the French capital have used tear gas and rubber bullets against participants of an anti-election rally a day after the presidential runoff vote resulting in Emmanuel Macron's victory, Sputnik reports. A …
Nearly 150 arrested in post-election protests in Paris overnight – police
Some 300 protesters gathered in the Menilmontant district, one of Paris’s most popular neighborhoods in the north of the city, after Macron was elected as France’s new president, RT reported citing French media. …
Protesters clash with police and Front National supporters at May Day workers' march in Paris
Three riot police officers have been injured in clashes between masked protesters on the fringes of May Day marches in Paris, The Telegraph reports. Scores of hooded youth threw Molotov cocktails at security forces who fired back with …
Thwarted French attack was slated for Dec 1 at key Paris sites
Suspects arrested last weekend in France under anti-terrorism measures had been planning to launch attacks on Dec. 1 at important and landmark sites in and around Paris, according to a source close to the inquiry, Reuters reported. …
Priest dead, two attackers killed after assault on French church
Two men stormed a northern French church, killing a priest and seriously wounding another person, before they were shot dead by police. A police source told Reuters it appeared the priest’s throat had been slit. Five …
Nice attack: Hero stopped killer's rampage by leaping into lorry and wrestling with him
A man slowed the murderous rampage of a man driving a truck through a crowd in Nice by jumping into the cab and seizing his revolver, independent.co.uk reports. The attacker, 31-year-old Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, …
Police question ex-wife of Nice terrorist who killed 84 people in lorry attack
Officers have taken the ex-wife of Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel into custody as they continue to investigate the motives that made him carry out the horrific attack, Express.co.uk reports. Hajer …
French police crack down on Russian football fans
Russian football fans are facing police checks and a UEFA investigation after violent clashes with English supporters during the country's opening Euro 2016 match in Marseille on Saturday, the Moscow Times reports. 40 armed …
More than 80 security guards hired for Euro-2016 included in the database of potential terrorists
Counterintelligence in France has identified more than 80 people, figuring in the lists of of citizens, which represent potential threat to security among several thousand employees of private security companies that will be involved in ensuring …
Suicide bomber blows herself up in Saint-Denis
A female suicide bomber blew herself up during the special operation in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis, a source in the investigation said. Three suspected terrorists were killed during an anti-terrorist operation in the Paris suburb …
Two alleged terrorists killed in Paris
Two suspected terrorists were killed during an anti-terrorist operation in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis, third death is unconfirmed yet. Other two suspects were blocked, local media reports. Tonight an anti-terrorist operation …