Could deep civil unrest, a severe financial crisis, or both, before the 2027 election tempt Emmanuel Macron to invoke de ...

It’s the third week of the student-led protests in Lyon, and the second that my university has been blockaded “in solidarity.” When clouds of tear gas drift onto my street on Saturday, it’s an almost ...

It’s the third week of the student-led protests in Lyon, and the second that my university has been blockaded “in solidarity.” When clouds of tear gas drift onto my street on Saturday, it’s an almost ...

Rioters in France are rarely jailed and so far the sentences given to those arrested on Saturday have been derisory ...

Sarah Helm, the wife of Britain’s national security adviser Jonathan Powell, has had a busy 24 hours. The Spectator revealed yesterday that she had (among other ...

The Tories are taking the fight to polygamous and incestuous marriage today, with a Bill to end welfare recognition of men with multiple wives. Richard Holden’s Social Security (Marriage) Bill would ...

On the morning of 19 July 1972, around 400 communist insurgents launched a surprise attack on the Omani coastal town of Mirbat, opening up with a mortar bombardment before advancing towards the ...

A summit between Xi Jinping, Putin and Trump in China is being planned to discuss the details of a Yalta-style carve-up of ...

The creator of the ‘Palestine poppy’ is an Oxford-educated paediatrician who has written books for Muslim teenagers ...

By contrast, Britain seemingly plans to impose a tax regime that would make it virtually impossible for them to survive.

On Bastille Day, 1883, the people of Limoges inaugurated a beautiful new town hall, paid for from the legacy of a rich ...

France has had its share of riots in recent years but the scenes of urban warfare that erupted on Saturday were unprecedented ...