Eleanor Beardsley

A man was arrested in Nice after he allegedly stabbed three people to death, beheading one of them. Earlier this month, a man beheaded a teacher outside Paris before being shot dead by police.

The increased friction follows the beheading of a French teacher after he showed his class caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad. The two countries have sharp foreign policy differences.

After letting its guard down this summer, Europe is dealing with a massive second wave of the coronavirus that doctors say will most likely be more deadly than the first.

The attack was carried out on Friday in apparent response to a lesson about freedom of expression that showed the students cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad.

People shocked over the beheading of a teacher in a Paris suburb held rallies on Sunday while police continued making arrests. An extremist accused the teacher of insulting the prophet Muhammad.

As the parts of the U.S. experience a surge in new COVID-19 cases, other countries are also seeing a spike in infections.

Rafael Nadal won the French Open for his 20th career Grand Slam singles title, tying the record of Roger Federer.

The pandemic has major repercussions for the world of fashion. That could be a good thing because fast fashion can be ecologically devastating.

La Maestra, held in Paris this September, is the first fully realized competition solely for women conductors — an effort to help balance a male-dominated field.

An arrest has been made in the incident outside the building where a dozen people were gunned down in 2015 in apparent retaliation for the publication of cartoons that satirized the Prophet Muhammad.

Health officials in a number of European countries are reporting sharp increases in coronavirus infections and are warning of more hospitalizations and deaths in the months ahead.

Some 10% of the population is hard of hearing. The government is helping companies cover costs of making see-through masks. "It's a protection, but it's also a communication tool," says an official.

French President Emmanuel Macron has been engaged in a flurry of international diplomacy in recent weeks. Analysts say he is looking to give France a larger role on the world stage.

Cpl. Waverly Woodson Jr., a member of an African American battalion, treated scores of soldiers wounded on D-Day but was passed over for the medal. Lawmakers and relatives have tried to change that.

A group of U.S. senators wants to posthumously award the Medal of Honor to a Black serviceman who took part in the D-Day landings in France during World War II.

The trial of 14 people over alleged involvement in the January 2015 attacks on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo opened Wednesday in Paris.

The 2020 Tour de France is set to start Saturday. But the world's premier bicycle race will be very different due to the pandemic.

"We are in a period of epidemic growth," Prime Minister Jean Castex said. "We want to do everything to avoid a new lockdown." The order goes into effect Friday.

The French government says people will be required to wear face masks in workplaces, following a sharp rise in COVID-19 infections since the country began lifting lockdown restrictions in July.

Wine producers in France say there's been an alarming drop in consumption during the pandemic and some wines produced this year might end up distilled into raw alcohol for hand sanitizer.