A 17-year-old boy was shot and killed by police in the Paris suburb of Nanterre. PARIS and LONDON -- French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin called for "calm" on Wednesday after a night of violent ...

Riots erupted for two nights straight in the Paris area and in cities across France, after police shot and killed a 17-year-old driver, Nahel M., claiming he had refused to stop for police on Tuesday ...

France’s government on Wednesday announced heightened police presence around Paris and other big cities and called for calm after scattered violence erupted over the death of a 17-year-old delivery ...

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France was bracing for further unrest on Wednesday evening following the death of a 17-year-old boy who was allegedly shot by police during a traffic stop. The incident triggered violent protests in ...

The killing of Nahel M, 17, has sparked riots in cities across France as well as the town of Nanterre to the west of Paris where he grew up. An only child brought up by his mother, he had been working ...

Nine people have been arrested as fires rage in the western suburb of Nanterre, after a 17-year-old delivery driver was killed. The teen, named as Nael and said to be of Algerian background, was ...

NANTERRE, France — Protesters angry after police fatally shot a 17-year-old boy set cars and public buildings ablaze in Paris suburbs and unrest spread to some other French cities and towns, despite ...

A vigil organised by Nahel M's family ended in violence as a crackdown on protesters spiralled into another night of violence Cars burning in the street at the end of a commemoration march for Nahel M ...

For the past six nights, protests have erupted in many French cities after the death of a teenager at the hands of police nearly a week ago. We visit the Parisian suburb where it all started. The ...