An 87-year-old French woman was brutally raped for two hours in Lyon by a Moroccan migrant who later tried to claim the assault was consensual. The woman was trapped inside her home on Pierre Audry Street as the burglar carried out the despicable attack before stealing a ring on the night of April 22. He was quickly apprehended by police as a result of DNA left at the scene. The migrant was known... 

French archaeologists have unearthed a Roman neighborhood in the country’s southeast, calling the discovery a “real little Pompeii.” The findings include the remains of luxury homes and public buildings. The discovery took place on the banks of the Rhone river in the city of Vienne, about 30 kilometers (18 miles) south of Lyon. It was found on land awaiting the construction of a... 

Three fatal terrorist attacks on three continents within hours of each other have left officials fearful that a coordinated campaign of terror is underway, following last week’s calls for “a month of disasters for infidels” by Islamic State. On Friday morning, at least one individual drove a car into a gas processing plant outside the industrial city of Lyon in France. The perpetrator beheaded... 

Travelers, whose cars were blocked in traffic, walk along a freeway with their baggage while trying to get to Charles de Gaulle Airport near Paris, France, on June 25, 2015. Hundreds of French taxi drivers have set tires ablaze, blocked traffic across the country and clashed with police, declaring an indefinite strike to protest the US online ride-sharing service, UberPOP. On Thursday, roads around... 

A new wave of protest has swept across France. Thousands of people were outraged with the introduction of “ABC of equality ” in educational programs for elementary schools. According to the protesters, the new book causes damage to children’s psyche. The innovation teaches young students that there are practically no differences between men and women. Why does the Elysee Palace downgrade... 

Every few weeks now there is a new discovery that gives us a glimpse into what the future of energy could look like if governments and oil cartels would just get out of the way and let human beings create. In the past few months we have seen battery chargers that harvest electricity from thin air, converting waste heat to energy, and a group of children in Africa win an international invention fair... 

France’s most senior Roman Catholic cleric has been accused of “flipping his lid” after the Cardinal warned that plans to legalise same-sex marriage would open the door to polygamy and incest. Bertrand Delanoe, the Socialist mayor of Paris and one of France’s few openly gay politicians, expressed his shock at the comments, made at the weekend, by Cardinal Philippe Barbarin,... 

People from the Roma community walk outside their camp in Evry, near Paris, with their belongings after being expelled by French police on August 27, 2012. Police in France have dismantled a Roma camp near the capital, Paris, expelling 70 people, including 19 children, from their shelter. Local police moved in the encampment in the suburb of Evry early Monday in a bid to remove the people from the... 

Poor countries that adopt unhealthy ‘Westernized’ lifestyles are expected to see the greatest rise. The number of people with cancer is set to surge by more than 75% across the world by 2030, with particularly sharp rises in poor countries as they adopt unhealthy “Westernized” lifestyles, a study said on Friday. Many developing countries were expected to see a rise in living standards in coming...