A suspect was arrested this week in connection with the attempted rape of a woman on a train near Paris after a video of the incident went viral on social media, according to judicial officials. The Creteil prosecutor's office told The Associated Press on Sunday that the suspect was taken into custody Friday as part of the investigation.

On October 30, France will host a conference in Paris in support of peace and prosperity in the Great Lakes to rally global support to confront the deepening humanitarian crisis region and to give fresh momentum to ongoing mediation efforts by the United States,

Three Bulgarian men are on trial in Paris this week for alleged involvement in spray-painting blood-red hands on the city's Holocaust Memorial, an act of vandalism that French intelligence services link to a campaign by Russia to destabilize France and other Western societies.

The robbery at the Louvre left behind more than broken glass. It battered the pride of a nation that is increasingly glum about itself and its direction.