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France's highest administrative court ruled Thursday that a school ban on abayas, traditional over-garments worn by some Muslim women, was legal.

The French education minister has said that nearly 300 pupils arrived at school on Monday wearing the abaya, the long Muslim robe which was banned in schools last week.

Why is it so often that problems seem to get worse just when they ought to be getting better?

A ban on rental electric scooters has come into effect in Paris in response to a rising number of people being injured and killed in the French capital.

American men spend night between famed Paris landmark’s second and third levels, a report says

With a year to go to the Olympics, Paris is in the final phase of a historic clean-up which will soon see swimmers and divers back in the River Seine.

Calm has returned to La Grande Borne. Local mafia again exercise lazy control from the doorways of this vast housing estate south of Paris; their guns on show, their faces hidden.

Emmanuel Macron has accused protesters of exploiting the death of a teenager shot by police at point-blank range.

Prosecutors have begun piecing together what happened before the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Nahel M by a police officer.

The blast, in the Fifth Arrondissement of the French capital, started a blaze that firefighters quickly brought under control. The origin of the explosion, which critically injured four people, was unclear.

Ohio officers, who conducted a botched raid of rapper’s home, are suing for invasion of privacy and emotional distress

Largely peaceful protests are marred by outbreaks of violence as unions claim 3.5 million turned out, while authorities put number at just over 1 million

Police clashed with over a million demonstrators opposed to President Macron’s pension reform

One of the world’s most influential countries, France, has been brought to its knees by days of violent protests.

French president fends off efforts to halt his pension revamp and topple his administration

Trade unions have led strikes against proposed rise in pension age, which is now likely to become law

President Emmanuel Macron saw his decision to push through a change in the retirement age as necessary, but the price may be high.

After President Emmanuel Macron pushed his unpopular pension bill through Parliament without a vote, demonstrations about the changes broke out again.

At least six people have been injured in a mass stabbing at a major train station in Paris.

Two people are dead and several others are injured after a gunman opened fire in Paris.