National Archives, London Detail of an Exchequer receipt roll showing the oldest known anti-Jewish caricature, 1233 In 2006 much of French society was divided over a strange and painful question: Is it anti-Semitic to assume that a Jew is rich? ..…

In 1097, a host of mostly French and German knights and infantry led by noblemen arrived in Asia Minor, where they captured Nicaea. ... Shaking off their association with Alexius I, so that European interests could take primacy, the invaders set up set up four new city-states around their conquests,..…

One of the most notable consequences of giving the language official status has been the appearance of Berbers tifinagh alphabet on public buildings, Arabic and French.. ..…

French police have smashed neo-Nazi cell accused of plotting attacks on Jewish or Muslim places of worship, Tuesday.. ..…

Yves Bot, Longtime French Prosecutor & EU Magistrate, Dead at 71... woman walks by the entrance to European Court of Justice Luxembourg on Oct 5, 2015 Yves Bot, magistrate these past 13 years with European Court of Justice, died Sunday. ..…

MINUSMA was established after French troops in 2013 pushed back radical Islamists who seized the north of the country following an uprising by Tuareg rebels. . ..…

To evade arrest, Husseini fled the country and took refuge French Mandatory Lebanon, Kingdom of Iraq and later Italy and Nazi Germany.. ..…

The operation is said to have involved Odebrecht and French shipbuilder DCNS (formerly Direction des Constructions Navales). A delegation from the French public prosecutor’s office travelled to Brasília this May. . ..…

After months of hesitation amid hostile public opinion, 12 orphaned children of French jihadists were flown home from Syria on Monday. . ..…

After the battle of Konna, at the start of Operation Serval, French military Mali, Konna was to be symbol of renewal of the state instead, failure. ..…