South African diplomatic workers in the capital of Belgium were unharmed by Tuesday’s attacks.
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Seven people were killed, including three gunmen, after police initiated twin assaults at two locations in the hunt for the Charlie Hebdo attackers.
Official sources say that two people were killed and more – at least five – taken hostage by a gunman at a grocery store in Paris.
The essence of Charlie Hebdo was to express the inexpressible in images with the power to shock and offend.
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As we continue to reel from the horrific massacre in Paris, let us all be Charlie – a new byword for global solidarity against the tyranny of fear.
Cartoonist Zapiro says the shootings at Charlie Hebdo were not only an attack on the media, but on French society and secular societies more broadly.
Maria Sharapova won her second French Open title in three years on Saturday, defeating Romania’s Simona Halep 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 6-4 in a gripping final.
As a bon vivant in the French capital, the best meal you have may be the dish you prepare yourself.
French police are hunting for a gunman after a shooting at a Paris newspaper office that gravely wounded a photographer, and three other attacks.
A French newspaper and banking chain were targeted in shootings in Paris, one of which has left a young man fighting for his life.
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/ 8 November 2013
Two young women are proving to the world that the most deadly strain of TB can be beaten.
Laurice Taitz finds 10 things to do in 48 hours in Paris, home of the R80 glass of orange juice.
Chelsea’s former manager tells <strong>Dominic Fifield</strong> he feels no bitterness over his swift and silent exit.
The process has been hijacked by a
self-serving troika that has ignored the people.
From Francis Ford Coppola’s new hotel in Italy to the genius of Klimt in Vienna, <b>Claire Wrathall</b> has some tempting tips for travellers.
Fast-track warming in Europe is making butterflies and birds fall behind in cooler habitat moves and causing worrying turnover in plant species.
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/ 19 December 2011
French authorities claim no-go zones aim to stop pestering of foreign visitors by ‘delinquents’ run by criminal gangs.
A lawyer says he helped arrange milllion-dollar "kickbacks" for French leaders in exchange for turning a blind eye "to abuses of power in Africa".
The head of France’s Socialists urged calm on Sunday as speculation over the future of former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn grew.
Buoyed by New York’s legalisation of gay marriage, thousands of LGBT rights supporters have taken to the streets of Paris demanding similar reforms.
Roger Federer believes the pressure will all be on Novak Djokovic when the pair meet in the French Open semifinals on Friday.
Internet giants, including the bosses of Facebook and Google, have called on countries at the G8 to guarantee free Internet access to their citizens.
Founder Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook is not to thank for the Arab Spring, as business leaders prepared to lobby the G8 for more online regulation.
The Paris sewers — whose murky labyrinths have been reviled and romanticised through history — are at the centre of a renewable energy experiment.
This is the first time the American sisters are seeded 1-2 at a major championship since the Australian Open in January 2003.
It’s the season when Parisians flee the capital, but <b>Sarah Emily Miano</b> finds it the perfect time to enjoy parks, festivals and galleries.
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/ 23 December 2009
At one of Zimbabwe’s numerous heights of self-immolation, I decided enough was enough and opted to go into the diaspora.
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/ 27 October 2009
A French court fined the Church of Scientology on Tuesday for defrauding vulnerable followers.
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/ 21 September 2009
Renault were on Monday handed a suspended ban from Formula One for ordering Nelson Piquet to crash in the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.
Sweden’s Robin Soderling marched into his first ever Grand Slam semi-final with a superb win over Nikolay Davydenko at the French Open on Tuesday.
An Air France jet carrying 228 people was feared to have crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on Monday after suffering an electrical failure.
Cancel the party, Roland Garros, because Rafael Nadal won’t be celebrating his fifth straight French Open title this year.