Iran confirmed Tuesday that it arrested Fariba Adelkhah, a prominent French-Iranian academic, but refused to provide details on her situation. 
Even the French can be heroes now and then. Despite getting knocked out of the Women’s World Cup on their home turf after a 2-1 loss to the United States — the most recent example of American athletes enjoying unprecedented success under President Donald J. Trump — the French bounced back with an epic display of winning, and proved that there are indeed some tyrants to which they won’t readily surrender.
The spread of French cultural values can explain the sustained drop in fertility over the past two centuries, a new paper published Monday argues. 
French churches are increasingly under threat from arson and desecration, but the government and press continue to provide little coverage of these attacks. 
Other countries should be allowed to vote in American presidential elections, a French person has argued. 
The man suspected of carrying out a terrorist attack at a crowded street market in Strasbourg, France, remains at large as of Wednesday morning, French officials warned. 
STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - At least one person was killed and 10 people were wounded in a shooting near a Christmas market in the French city of Strasbourg on Tuesday, the local prefecture said. 
French President Emmanuel Macron delivered his second speech in a week on Tuesday in an effort to alleviate tensions after weeks of climate-policy protests left hundreds wounded and two dead. 
The possibility of new European Union sanctions against Iran to punish the hardline regime for terror plots in France and Denmark could set the course for a more unified Western policy toward Tehran's non-nuclear threats, according to a regional expert. 