January 25, 2015
7:50 am

A former concentration camp prisoner attending a ceremony at the memorial site of the former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau on January 27, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/JANEK SKARZYNSKI)

Survivors, world leaders to mark Auschwitz liberation

70 years later, some 300 former inmates — most in their 90s — will gather at the Nazi concentration camp on Tuesday

By AFP

January 24, 2015
1:18 am

President Bill Clinton looks on Israeli prime minister Shimon Peres writes the president's name in Hebrew after they sign a joint declaration on terrorism, Tuesday April 30, 1996 at the White House. (photo credit: AP Photo/Ruth Fremson)

Actually, a US president did host an Israeli PM just before elections

Denying it is snubbing Netanyahu, White House cites ‘long-standing practice’ of not inviting candidates close to polling day. So what was Clinton doing with Peres in 1996?

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

January 23, 2015
2:39 pm

An undated photo of Amedy Coulibaly, jihadist killer of four Jews in a Paris kosher supermarket and of a French policewoman, and his wife Hayat Boumedienne who is sought by police. (Photo credit: Screenshot/Itele)

Kosher market killer Coulibaly buried near Paris

Authorities say body of terrorist who murdered 4 Jews, policewoman was not accepted by home country Mali

By AFP

January 21, 2015
10:51 pm

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls answers Members of Parliament's questions during a session of Questions to the Government, on January 21, 2015 at the French National Assembly in Paris. (photo credit: AFP PHOTO / STEPHANE DE SAKUTI)

France to spend $800m on anti-terror measures

Efforts will focus on strengthening intelligence services, fighting radicalization; 4 charged in kosher market attack

By AFP

January 19, 2015
10:10 pm

A French police officer stands guard outside the Grand Mosque in Paris, France, as Muslims arrive for Friday prayers, January 9, 2015. (photo credit: AP/Michel Euler)

Anti-Muslim incidents soar in France in wake of Paris terror attacks

Watchdog says 116 hate crimes reported since Charlie Hebdo killings, condemns ‘unacceptable’ situation

By AFP

January 18, 2015
11:09 pm

Police officers man a position at the Porte de la Villette road hub in Paris on January 8, 2015. (photo credit: AFP/Eric Feferberg)

Police release 3 suspects arrested in French terror probe

Authorities release trio of women, hold nine other suspected jihadists as Europe on edge from Paris attacks

By Greg Keller

January 17, 2015
7:33 pm

Smoke billows in a street as people demonstrate against French weekly Charlie Hebdo's publication of a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad near the grand mosque in Niamey, Niger on January 17, 2015. (photo credit: AFP/Boureima Hama)

Churches torched in Niger anti-Charlie Hebdo protests

Rioters in West African country burn French-linked institutions; Europe on edge from recent attacks

By AFP

January 17, 2015
5:52 am

US Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius laying a wreath at a kosher supermarket near Paris, Jan. 16, 2015. (photo credit: US State Department)

Kerry lays wreath at Paris kosher market

US secretary of state apologizes for not attending rally in France at beginning of week, embraces Hollande

By JTA and AFP

January 16, 2015
12:45 pm

French President François Hollande (left) welcomes US Secretary of State John Kerry prior to a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on January 16, 2015. (photo credit: AFP/Rick Wilking, Pool)

In Paris, Kerry embraces Hollande and ‘shares pain’ of France

US secretary said to apologize for absence at mass rally; French president compares attacks to 9/11

By AFP

January 16, 2015
5:01 am

People hold signs that read 'Je suis Charlie' ('I am Charlie' at a solidarity rally at the French ambassador's residence in Jaffa, Israel, on January 8, 2015. (photo credit: Amir Levy/Flash90)

‘France marched for Charlie, not for the Jews’

Some see indifference to anti-Semitism in wake of Paris attacks, but chief rabbi praises French society’s response

By Cnaan Liphshiz

January 15, 2015
7:00 pm

French President Francois Hollande (R) and the president of the Institut du Monde Arabe (Arab Institute), Jack Lang (L), pose in front of the Arab Institute building bearing the message 'We are Charlie', on January 15, 2015. (Photo credit: AFP/ IAN LANGSDON)

Hollande: Muslims ‘main victims of fanaticism’

French president vows to protect Muslim community, says nation ‘united in the face of terrorism’

By AFP

January 15, 2015
8:23 am

French President Francois Hollande gives a speech as he attends the gala opening at the new Paris Philharmonie concert hall in Paris on January 14, 2015. (AFP/POOL/CHARLES PLATIAU)

Hollande hails ‘reborn’ Charlie Hebdo magazine

First edition of weekly publication since massacre at its offices sells more than five million copies

By Eric RANDOLPH

January 14, 2015
12:14 pm

WATCH: Times of Israel’s Horovitz on the wave of terror in Paris

You don’t hear the French leadership saying, ‘We have a problem with radical Islam,’ editor says, when even within Islam people like Egypt’s president are speaking out

By Jacob Ross

January 13, 2015
10:13 pm

French Rafale fighter jets flying on a reconnaissance mission against the Islamic State over Iraq after taking off from the al-Dhafra base in the United Arab Emirates, September 15, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/ECPAD/EMA/Armee de L'air)

French lawmakers vote to extend air campaign in Iraq

Okay for strikes targeting Islamic State jihadists sails through after Paris attacks; PM says war on terror ‘not over’

By AFP

January 13, 2015
6:58 pm

People carry the coffin of late Police officer Franck Brinsolaro, on January 13, 2015 at the Paris' prefecture, during a ceremony to pay tribute to three police officers killed in the Paris attacks (photo credit: AFP/FRANCOIS MORI)

Hollande at funeral for slain cops vows to stand up to terror

Three police officers killed in Paris attacks laid to rest as hunt continues for terror accomplices

By AFP

Topic: Francois Hollande

Survivors, world leaders to mark Auschwitz liberation

70 years later, some 300 former inmates — most in their 90s — will gather at the Nazi concentration camp on Tuesday

Actually, a US president did host an Israeli PM just before elections

Denying it is snubbing Netanyahu, White House cites ‘long-standing practice’ of not inviting candidates close to polling day. So what was Clinton doing with Peres in 1996?

Kosher market killer Coulibaly buried near Paris

Authorities say body of terrorist who murdered 4 Jews, policewoman was not accepted by home country Mali

France to spend $800m on anti-terror measures

Efforts will focus on strengthening intelligence services, fighting radicalization; 4 charged in kosher market attack

Anti-Muslim incidents soar in France in wake of Paris terror attacks

Watchdog says 116 hate crimes reported since Charlie Hebdo killings, condemns ‘unacceptable’ situation

Police release 3 suspects arrested in French terror probe

Authorities release trio of women, hold nine other suspected jihadists as Europe on edge from Paris attacks

Churches torched in Niger anti-Charlie Hebdo protests

Rioters in West African country burn French-linked institutions; Europe on edge from recent attacks

Kerry lays wreath at Paris kosher market

US secretary of state apologizes for not attending rally in France at beginning of week, embraces Hollande

In Paris, Kerry embraces Hollande and ‘shares pain’ of France

US secretary said to apologize for absence at mass rally; French president compares attacks to 9/11

‘France marched for Charlie, not for the Jews’

Some see indifference to anti-Semitism in wake of Paris attacks, but chief rabbi praises French society’s response

Hollande: Muslims ‘main victims of fanaticism’

French president vows to protect Muslim community, says nation ‘united in the face of terrorism’

Hollande hails ‘reborn’ Charlie Hebdo magazine

First edition of weekly publication since massacre at its offices sells more than five million copies

WATCH: Times of Israel’s Horovitz on the wave of terror in Paris

You don’t hear the French leadership saying, ‘We have a problem with radical Islam,’ editor says, when even within Islam people like Egypt’s president are speaking out

French lawmakers vote to extend air campaign in Iraq

Okay for strikes targeting Islamic State jihadists sails through after Paris attacks; PM says war on terror ‘not over’

Hollande at funeral for slain cops vows to stand up to terror

Three police officers killed in Paris attacks laid to rest as hunt continues for terror accomplices

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