Section: The Epoch Times (USA)
French to Extend State of Emergency; Paris Cancels Events
PARIS—French lawmakers voted Wednesday in favor of extending the nation’s state of emergency for another six months and jittery Paris officials cancelled some summer events due to security issues. The moves came as authorities said all 84 people killed in the Nice truck attack have finally been formally identified. No official list naming...
France: All 84 Killed in Nice Truck Attack Are Identified
PARIS—All 84 people killed in the Nice truck attack have been formally identified, and the death toll for the Bastille Day carnage has not increased despite several people being still in critical condition, a top French official said Wednesday. Some of those killed died at the scene, others while hospitalized, prosecutor’s office...
Families Caught in Painful Limbo Awaiting IDs of Nice Dead
NICE, France—The painstaking process of identifying the victims of the Bastille Day truck attack in Nice dragged into its third day Sunday, adding to the anguish of family members caught between uncertainty and grief. Eighty-four people were killed in the Thursday night attack on the Promenades des Anglais, which happened as they were making...
France Is at War, Officials Say After Terrorist Attack in Nice Kills at Least 84
KYIV, Ukraine—At 3:45 a.m. Friday, just hours after a man drove a large truck through a crowd in the French seaside town of Nice, killing at least 84, French President François Hollande made a televised address to the nation. He began by making it clear the attack at the close of Bastille Day, France’s Independence Day, was an act of...
France Calls Up Reservist Forces After Deadly Nice Rampage
NICE, France—France called up thousands of reserve security forces Friday as authorities tried to determine why a Tunisian deliveryman known only to be a petty criminal took the wheel of a 19-ton truck and plunged through a terrified seaside crowd on Bastille Day, leaving 84 people dead and more than 200 wounded. Witnesses described how Mohamed...
Police Identify Mohamed Bouhlel as France Terror Attacks Suspect
NICE, France — French leaders extended the country’s 8-month-old state of emergency Friday and vowed to deploy thousands of police reservists on the streets after a Tunisian man drove a truck through crowds celebrating Bastille Day in Nice, killing 84 people and wounding 202 others. Thursday night’s massacre of pedestrians leaving a...
Trudeau Visits Canadian Troops in Ukraine
LVIV, Ukraine—A show of force capped Justin Trudeau’s six-day swing through eastern Europe on July 12, underlining the risks and challenges Canada faces in an increasingly volatile and politically important part of the world. The prime minister flew into Lviv in western Ukraine before driving to a nearby military base for a first-hand look...
NATO Leaders Meet to Deal With Threats From Russia, South
WARSAW, Poland—Leaders of the NATO military alliance on Friday began a landmark summit that will order ambitious actions against a daunting array of dangers to the security of their nations and citizenry, including a rearmed and increasingly unfriendly Russia to Europe’s east and violent Islamic extremism to the south. “As the challenges we...
NATO Chief Says Helping Partners’ Armed Forces Is Crucial
WARSAW, Poland—The NATO military alliance doesn’t only need to reinforce its own armed forces, it also must also come to the aid of partner nations in the Middle East and North Africa that are threatened by extremist violence, NATO’s chief said Friday. “For our nations to be safe, it’s not enough to keep our defenses strong, we...
North Korea: US Sanctions Tantamount to Act of War
SEOUL, South Korea—North Korea said Thursday that U.S. sanctions on leader Kim Jong Un and other top officials for human rights abuses are tantamount to declaring war. The country’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency saying the announcement of sanctions on Kim and 10 other officials was...
