The Latest Breaking News from Paris

The film director on the music he works to, educating himself via podcasts, and why the Paris Olympics was a pleasant surprise

French ministers have suggested charging tourists to enter Paris’s iconic Notre-Dame cathedral when it reopens in December after a five-year restoration. The proposal has drawn mixed reactions from both Parisians and visitors.

France's top tennis player Ugo Humbert was drawn on Friday to take on the American Brandon Nakashima in the opening round at the Paris Masters which starts on Monday.

France has a history of granting political asylum to Kurdish nationalists from Turkey who risk prison and torture back home. But recent deportations of Kurdish activists show a growing rift between the French state and its judiciary. One of these deportations has since been ruled illegal on appeal.

French authorities say they have charged seven individuals in connection with a cyberbullying campaign targeting Thomas Jolly, the artistic director behind the Paris Olympics’ opening and closing ceremonies

As cities grow increasingly more congested, local legislators keep trying new ways to improve the situation for residents. Some seem to completely disregard the safety and convenience of riders of two-wheeled vehicles, like Paris' recent ring road speed reduction to 50 km/h (about 31 mph), which carries an added consequence…

Post-Brexit regulations, the rise of Paris and global issues from wars to the US election have all taken their toll

French ministers have raised the idea of charging tourists to enter Paris' world-famous Notre-Dame cathedral when it opens in December after a five-year restoration, a proposal that drew a rebuke from the city's diocese on Thursday.

Iranian photographer Tannaz was on her way to Tehran's airport when European sanctions on flag carrier Iran Air forced her to return home, unable to make it to work in Paris.