Tag: France

Bette Midler attends an event.

On eve of D-Day, Bette Midler compares her Twitter spat to major WWII battle

Julio Rosas · June 5, 2019 3:26 pm

U.S. World War II D-Day veteran Tom Rice, from Coronado, CA, after parachuting in a tandem jump into a field in Carentan, Normandy, France, Wednesday, June 5, 2019.

A 97-year-old vet parachutes into Normandy, reenacting D-Day landing on 75th anniversary

John Gage · June 5, 2019 2:34 pm

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, center, Notre Dame cathedral rector Patrick Chauvet, left, listen to French chief architect of Historical Sites Philippe Villeneuve as they visit Notre Dame de Paris cathedral, Wednesday May 15, 2019 in Paris.

French authorities advise residents to test for lead after Notre Dame fire

Regina Barton · June 4, 2019 6:08 pm

In this Wednesday, July 8, 2015 file photo, a courtroom is seen before the trial of Islamic State militants in Baghdad, Iraq.

National Security

A dozen French ISIS members sentenced to death in Iraq

Jerry Dunleavy · June 4, 2019 3:11 pm

Carrying full equipment, American assault troops move onto a beachhead code-named Omaha Beach, on the northern coast of France on June 6, 1944, during the Allied invasion of the Normandy coast.

Beltway Confidential

D-Day remembered: The view from Omaha Beach

Quin Hillyer · June 4, 2019 2:18 pm

President Trump is seen along the West Wing Colonnade at the White House in Washington, D.C.

Daniel Hannan: D-Day, 75 years on

Dan Hannan · June 3, 2019 12:00 am

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage smiles as he arrives at the counting center for the European Elections.

Sometimes parties have to change to thrive — or even to survive

Michael Barone · May 29, 2019 10:08 pm

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive in the rain.

Documents confirm that rain was the cause for Trump missing WWI ceremony last year

Zach Halaschak · May 28, 2019 7:42 pm

Cranes work at Notre Dame cathedral, in Paris, Thursday, April 25, 2019. French police scientists were starting to examine Notre Dame Cathedral on Thursday for the first time since last week's devastating fire.

French Senate votes to restore Notre Dame to its original state

Zach Halaschak · May 28, 2019 3:57 pm

Soldiers of French antiterrorist plan "Vigipirate Mission", secure the access near the site of a suspected bomb attack in central Lyon, Friday May, 24, 2019. A small explosion Friday on a busy street in the French city of Lyon lightly injured several people, local officials said.

Lyon attack: ‘Parcel bomb’ explosion in France injures at least seven

John Gage · May 24, 2019 4:57 pm

President Trump and Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar hold a bowl of shamrocks during the annual presentation of a bowl of shamrocks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C.

Trump to visit Ireland ahead of D-Day commemoration

Zach Halaschak · May 21, 2019 11:34 pm

A view of the Palais des Festivals during the 72nd international film festival, Cannes, France.

Movie poster at Cannes features decapitated Trump

Zach Halaschak · May 21, 2019 10:43 pm