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People queue outside the Louvre museum in Paris on Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, although it remains closed for the day after Sunday’s jewels robbery. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)

The Louvre’s crown jewel heist is now a race against time for authorities — and the brazen thieves

May 22, 2026 at 7:46 p.m.

The glittering sapphires, emeralds, and diamonds that once adorned France’s royals could well be gone forever, experts said Tuesday after a brazen, four-minute heist in broad daylight left the nation...

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu drinks as he listens to speeches before a no-confidence vote, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025 at the National Assembly in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Embattled French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu survives no-confidence votes in Parliament

October 16, 2025 at 8:18 a.m.

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu survived two votes of no-confidence Thursday that could have toppled his fragile new government and plunged France deeper into political chaos.

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou reacts after his speech at the National Assembly, prior to a parliamentary confidence vote that could bring him down, in Paris, France, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

French government collapses in a confidence vote, forcing Emmanuel Macron to seek yet another prime minister

September 8, 2025 at 3:16 p.m.

Legislators toppled France’s government in a confidence vote on Monday, a new crisis for Europe’s second-largest economy that obliges President Emmanuel Macron to search for a fourth prime minister in...

FILE – President Donald Trump welcomes Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

European leaders to join Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for White House meeting with Trump

August 17, 2025 at 1:39 p.m.

European and NATO leaders announced Sunday they will join President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington for talks with President Donald Trump about ending Russia’s war in Ukraine.

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks to the army leaders at the Hotel le Brienne, Sunday, July 13, 2025, ahead of the Bastille Day parade in Paris. (Ludovic Marin, Pool Photo via AP)

How France’s recognition of the state of Palestine could shift Middle East dynamics

July 26, 2025 at 12:08 p.m.

France has announced it will recognize the state of Palestine, a move that could shift discussions about the Middle East's future.

Jane Birkin poses for photographers at the photo call for the film ‘Jane By Charlotte’ at the 74th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Thursday, July 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Jane Birkin’s original Hermès bag sells at auction for whopping 8.6 million euros

July 10, 2025 at 7:36 p.m.

Sketched out on an air sickness bag, the first Birkin handbag — the prototype for fashion’s must-have accessory — sold for a staggering $10.1 million, including fees, on Thursday in...

In this grab taken from video, France’s President Emmanuel Macron prepares to disembark a plane on arrival, in Hanoi, Vietnam, Sunday, May 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

France’s first lady Brigitte Macron seems to push President Macron as they land in Vietnam. He says they were joking.

May 26, 2025 at 8:55 a.m.

Video images appeared to show French first lady Brigitte Macron pushing her husband, President Emmanuel Macron, away with both hands on his face before they disembarked from their plane to...

Kim Kardashian waves as she arrives to testify regarding a robbery of millions of dollars in jewels from her Paris hotel room in 2016, in Paris, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

Kim Kardashian testifies about being bound and held at gunpoint during Paris robbery

May 13, 2025 at 3:14 p.m.

Kim Kardashian is testifying at a Paris courthouse against the men accused of robbing her at gunpoint in 2016.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen leaves the National Rally headquarters after a French court convicted Marine Le Pen of embezzlement and barred her from seeking public office for five years, Monday, March 31, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen barred from seeking office for 5 years, a political earthquake

March 31, 2025 at 5:01 p.m.

A French court on Monday convicted Marine Le Pen of embezzlement and barred her from seeking public office for five years — a hammer blow to the far-right leader’s presidential...

French President Emmanuel Macron, second left, greets Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during arrivals for a summit on Ukraine at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Thursday, March 27, 2025 . (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

A ‘coalition of the willing’ mulls more aid for Ukraine and a possible European armed force

March 27, 2025 at 9:01 a.m.

Ukraine’s allies from across Europe gathered for talks in Paris on Thursday about how to strengthen Kyiv’s hand and its military as it pushes for a ceasefire with Russia, and...

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