Eleanor Beardsley

In her most extensive comments yet on the conflict between Israel and Hamas, Vice President Kamala Harris says Israel must do more to protect civilians in Gaza.

After a pause in fighting, Israel is again carrying out airstrikes in southern Gaza and Hamas is firing rockets into Israel. There are some 100 hostages still.

Through song and pictures, Israel commemorated the 364 killed and around 40 taken hostage Oct. 27 while at a music festival in the Negev Desert. The event was put on at the site of the deadly attack.

Paris, the most densely populated European city, faces catastrophic heat because of global warming. Cool places such as underground parking lots could be where vulnerable populations could cool off.

In a time of heightened tension between France's Jewish and Muslim communities because of the Israel-Hamas war, one suburban Paris neighborhood maintains its friendships.

More than 100,000 people turned out on Sunday to express solidarity with French Jews, the largest Jewish community in Europe. France also has Europe's largest Muslim population.

The reconstruction of Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral, which was heavily damaged by a fire in 2019, includes an effort to restore its unique acoustics.

Reactions to the Israel-Hamas war vary across Europe, determined by each country's unique history and perspective. Here's what governments are saying in Britain, France and Germany.

With at least three people killed by suspected Islamists, France and Belgium are on high alert as fears grow that tensions over the Israel-Hamas war could spill into Europe.

French health authorities are grappling with a bedbug infestation in Paris that is harming the image of the city in advance of the 2024 Olympic Games.

Deep in a forest in the Burgundy region, a group of enthusiasts is building a castle the medieval way — no motorized machines included.

A series of coups in Francophone Africa has led to French troops and diplomats being expelled from their former colonies.

France will withdraw its troops and ambassador from the West African country of Niger, meeting one of the demands of the military junta, which seized power there in July.

Survivors of the Morocco earthquake grapple with the prospect of long stays in tent cities.

King Charles III is making his first visit to France since Brexit in a symbolic gesture that Britain is ready to move on from the contentious separation from the EU.

Morocco's earthquake last week hit thousands of people who live in traditional villages in the Atlas Mountains. NPR followed rescuers and saw just how hard it was getting to people in need.

Relief organizations face mammoth obstacles in getting help to the people and villages in Morocco's mountains that were damaged by the earthquake.

In addition to the physical obstacles in getting help to survivors of Morocco's earthquake, there are also problems with government dysfunction.

A powerful earthquake in Morocco has killed more than 1,000 people. Rescue attempts are made more difficult as the quake's epicenter is in the rugged Atlas Mountains.

France's education minister has banned the wearing of the popular long robe known as the abaya in schools. He says it is a symbol of Islam.