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Ten arrested in probe of 2015 Paris deli attack

French police are said to be questioning 10 people suspected of supplying weapons to Amedy Coulibaly for his deadly attack on a Jewish deli in Paris in 2015.

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Two years on, France commemorates victims of ISIL ally Amedy Coulibaly

Ceremonies have been held in France in memory of four civilians and a policewoman who were killed during ISIL-inspired attacks two years ago in and around Paris.

France

Cartoonists 'still facing death threats' two years on from Charlie Hebdo

Cartoonists continue to ‘pay a high price for their irony’, it’s been claimed, two years since Islamists stormed Charlie Hebdo’s offices in Paris and killed 12…

France

Two years after tragedy, "Charlie Hebdo" remains reassuringly rabid

French satirical weekly "Charlie Hebdo" is marking the second anniversary of the terror attack that nearly destroyed it. Unbowed and defiant, the paper is stronger than ever.

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Hollande pays tribute at site of Charlie Hebdo siege

The french president has unveiled a plaque at the printing company north of Paris where the Charlie Hebdo attackers went into hiding before they were killed during a police siege.

Italy

'Offended' Italians sue Charlie Hebdo for Amatrice pasta cartoons

The Italian town of Amatrice is suing French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo for depicting earthquake victims as pasta dishes.

Italy

No longer Charlie: Amatrice to sue Charlie Hebdo over cartoon

Amatrice Town Council has filed a petition against French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo for ‘aggravated defamation’ after it published a cartoon showing the victims of last month’s earthquake in I

France

Charlie Hebdo cartoon sparks fury in Italy

The French satirical magazine has likened the scores of victims of the country's recent earthquake to dishes of pasta.

World News

French President unveils plaque in Paris

Ceremony brings a week of official commemorations in honour of those killed in 2015 attacks to a close

World News

Victims of Paris kosher market siege remembered

Crowds attended a service outside a Paris kosher supermarket on Saturday (January 9) one year after four hostages and a French Islamist gunman were

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French mosques open doors to public to promote unity and solidarity

Hundreds of mosques across France have opened their doors to the general public in an effort to demonstrate solidarity with the victims of recent

France

Clarissa Jean-Philippe remembered a year after terror attacks in France

A year and a day after she was shot dead by Islamist gunman Amedy Coulibaly, policewoman Clarissa Jean-Philippe has been honoured at a ceremony near

World

France's year of terrorism, living with tears and fears

French media paid homage to the people killed in last year’s terrorist attacks in Paris — at Charlie Hebdo and the kosher supermarket, as well as the

France

Parisians gather to remember victims of Charlie Hebdo attacks

Parisians gathered at the Place de la Republique on the first anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo massacre which led to 17 deaths over three days

France

Wolinski's last words to wife before dying at Charlie Hebdo

Writer and journalist Maryse Wolinski and Georges Wolinski were together for 47 years until the attack on Charlie Hebdo separated them. His widow has

France

Charlie Hebdo warns Islamist threat ever present

The cover reads, “One year later, the assassin is still at large” and shows a God-like figure in a bloody robe carrying a Kalashnikov. This is

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Life after terror: survivors' stories

Maryse Wolinski: “I’m still hearing that voice which said to me, ‘Darling, I’m going to Charlie’”. Daniel Biddle: “For me 7/7, from my experience

France

Hollande pays tribute to security forces on Charlie Hebdo anniversary

The French President François Hollande has given more details of planned new security measures in a New Year speech at the Paris police headquarters

World News

Charlie Hebdo attacks: five ways France has changed

It’s one year since two gunmen, brothers Saïd and Chérif Kouachi, burst into the Paris offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and opened

France

France one year on from Charlie Hebdo shootings

As France prepares to remember the victims of last year’s shootings which began at the headquarters of Charlie Hebdo, the satirical newspaper has