France’s exhibition soccer game against England, scheduled for Tuesday, will most likely be canceled in the wake of the killings in Paris, British newspapers reported late Friday. The attacks are certain to lead to tighter security at the UEFA European Championship finals, which France is set to host next summer. The championships are among the most…
President Xi Jinping of China joined the international condemnation of the attacks in a message to Francois Hollande, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. Mr. Xi told Mr. Hollande: “This is a traumatic time for the French people, and on behalf of the Chinese government and people, and in my own personal capacity, I…
Hillary Clinton, @HillaryClinton: The reports from Paris are harrowing. Praying for the city and the victims of the families. -H Bernie Sanders, @Bernie Sanders: Horrified by the attacks in Paris tonight. My thoughts are with the victims and their loved ones. Martin O’Malley, @MartinOMalley: Heartbreaking news from Paris. Praying for the country and…
The Paris area reeled Friday night from a shooting rampage, explosions and mass hostage-taking that President Francois Hollande an unprecedented terrorist attack on France. His government announced sharply increased border controls and heightened police powers as it mobilized the military in a national emergency. French television and news services quoted the police as saying that…
Britain’s most senior counter-terrorism officials were monitoring events in Paris after the co-ordinated attacks left scores of people across the city dead and injured. While officially there was no intelligence indicating that the UK was at greater risk of attack, the scale and nature of the atrocities in the French capital are of a kind…
