FRANCE: Week of unrest kicks off with Roma crackdown protest

At least 10,000 protesters marched through the streets of Paris Saturday to rally against the government’s crackdown on immigrants and the recent expulsion of hundreds of Roma. Police are bracing for more protests in the coming days. Read More

FRANCE: Week of unrest kicks off with Roma expulsions protest

At least 10,000 protesters marched through the streets of Paris Saturday to rally against the government’s crackdown on immigrants and the recent expulsion of hundreds of Roma. Police are bracing for more protests in the coming days. Read More

FRANCE: Police come under gunfire again in riot-hit suburb of Grenoble

French police say the situation has calmed down in the outskirts of Grenoble, where weekend riots saw dozens of cars torched and gunshots fired at security forces in scenes reminiscent of the unrest that swept across the country’s suburbs in 2005. Read More

IRAN: French academic Reiss freed and heading to Paris

French academic Clotilde Reiss boarded a plane in Dubai and is heading to Paris, where she will meet President Sarkozy on Sunday, the Elysee palace has said in a statement. Reiss was tried in Iran on spying charges after post-election unrest in June. Read More

IRAN: Clotilde Reiss will be able to leave Iran, says her lawyer

Clotilde Reiss’s lawyer said Saturday that he was confident his client will be allowed to leave Iran soon. The French woman was arrested for espionage when Iran’s post-election unrest threw the country into political turmoil last June. Read More