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Five European military powers plan drone defense program amid concerns of US commitment to NATO

They are meeting as European leaders work to boost defense capabilities amid increased European doubts about Washington's commitment to protect the continent through the NATO alliance.

Helsing company presents the new air combat system CA-1 Europa in Tussenhausen
Air France launches La Première on Tel Aviv to Paris route with Dror Kontento show

Air France launches La Première on Tel Aviv to Paris route with Dror Kontento show

Caroline Yadan in Jerusalem, February 17.

'From the river to the sea' could be punishable under new French law, says MP Yadan - interview

IMA president Jack Lang poses before visiting the exhibition “Treasures rescued from Gaza” , at the Arab World Institute (IMA) in Paris, France April 14, 2025.

French police raid Arab World Institute in Paris as Epstein fallout widens


New York, Berlin, London ramp up Hanukkah security after Bondi Beach shootings

Berlin police said they were ramping up measures around the German capital's Brandenburg Gate, where a large electric menorah is being lit to mark the first night of Hanukkah.

The Israeli flag waves as lights are lit on the Hanukkah candelabrum during a ceremony of the Jewish Hanukkah festival of lights at Brandenburg Gate, in Berlin, Germany December 14, 2025.

A Monet walk through Paris: Seeing the city as the artist did

Monet is still gently celebrated across France each autumn through museum tributes, Impressionist displays, and a renewed reverence for the light and landscapes that shaped his art.

THE CLAUDE Monet room at La Maison Proust.

Europeans discuss Ukraine with Trump at 'critical moment' for peace

The three countries, along with other European partners and Ukraine, have been working frantically in the last few weeks to refine the original US-backed peace proposal.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a meeting with Italian President Sergio Mattarella at Quirinale Palace, in Rome, Italy, July 9, 2025.

How Europe turned Jewish visibility into a thought crime - comment

The message is simple, and very old: if you are visibly Jewish, if you defend Israel, if you challenge the narrative that paints Hamas as “freedom fighters,” you are the problem.

Past and present meet in antisemitism. Zvika Klein and Noa Tishby in Paris, two cases with ten years of difference, but the same endings

Ancient piggy bank: Excavation in France reveals 40,000 Roman coins from 1,700 years ago

The experts who analysed the coins believe, based on the dates on the coins, that the discovery unburied a treasure which was buried between A.D. 280 and 310.

A jug holding a vast number of Roman coins was found during an excavation at a French village.

The next miracle: Can Israel bring in 1 million new immigrants from the West? - opinion

Will Israel, this time, succeed in becoming a country that attracts immigration from affluent nations?

 French Jews arrive in Israel for Aliyah, August 1, 2024.

France investigates reports of drones over nuclear sub base

The Ile Longue base in northwest France houses nuclear-powered submarines, according to the navy's website. Each is equipped with 16 ballistic missiles carrying several nuclear warheads.

 A "No Drone Zone" placard at Brussels international Airport in Zaventem on the day of an emergency meeting of Belgian government officials and experts, following drone sightings that closed Brussels Airport, in Zaventem, Belgium, November 6, 2025.

France faces budget crisis as aging population drives spending to 60% of GDP

France once stood out in Europe for its higher birth rate, but that advantage has eroded since the pandemic as the number of children per woman has fallen and retiree numbers climb.

General view of the Notre Dame Cathedral and the river Seine in Paris October 20, 2009

Snail heist leaves French farm shell shocked at disappearance of €90,000 stock

L'Escargot Des Grands Crus, located near Reims, said the theft was a "real blow" ahead of the Christmas season, when snail is often consumed as a luxury treat.

 Illustration: Black snail

Authorities charge two French teens for planning ISIS-linked antisemitic terror attack - report

French authorities charged two teens with an ISIS-inspired terror conspiracy after finding messages suggesting a planned antisemitic attack.

 A police officer waits outside the courtroom at the courthouse in Paris, March 31, 2025.