France on Wednesday charged Pavel Durov, the founder and chief of Telegram, with a litany of violations related to the messaging app and banned him from leaving the country.

France charges Telegram CEO Durov with litany of violations related to app

Following the arrest and detention of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov in France, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has stated that the relations between Paris and Moscow have reached an all-time low.

Sergei Lavrov: Relations between Russia and France reaches all time low

French President Emmanuel Macron has said he will not agree to a government led by the left-wing New Popular Front alliance (NFP), which won the most seats in last month's legislative election.

France Political Deadlock: 42 days on, Paris yet to see a new government

France: President Emmanuel Macron 'rejects' left-wing government

France: Macron rules out govt led by left-wing New Popular Front

France: Emmanuel Macron rules out government led by left-wing new popular front

The founder and CEO of Telegram Pavel Durov has reportedly been arrested. Molly Gambhir tells you more about the man who was once dubbed the 'Russian Zuckerberg.'

Gravitas: Why has the Telegram founder and CEO been arrested?

A full seven weeks after a snap election in which Macron lost his relative parliamentary majority, he has still not named a new prime minister, whose first major task will be to submit next year's budget plan to the National Assembly.

France: National rally leaders blame Macron for 'political chaos'

France yet to name a new Prime Minister

Pavel Durov, the CEO and founder of popular messaging app Telegram, was arrested by French authorities on Saturday evening (Aug 24) at Le Bourget airport near Paris.

Who is Pavel Durov? Facts about Telegram CEO arrested in France who once claimed to have fathered  100 kids

Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of messaging app Telegram, was arrested on Saturday evening while leaving his private jet at France’s Bourget airport. Watch in for more details!

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov arrested in France

An explosion outside a synagogue in the southern French town of La Grande-Motte on Saturday morning injured a policeman and damaged at least two vehicles. Authorities are treating the blast as a potential terror attack.

Explosion outside Synagogue, France opens terror investigation

French authorities were pursuing a terror angle in a car explosion incident that took place outside a synagogue in the southern French town of La Grande-Motte on Saturday (Aug 24).

France steps up security at Jewish institutions after ‘terror attack’ on synagogue

A full six weeks after a snap election in which Macron lost his relative parliamentary majority, he has still not named a new prime minister, whose first major task will be to submit next year's budget plan to the National Assembly.

Seven weeks after the French elections, no Prime Minister in sight

French sprinter Muhammad Abdallah Kounta, who competed for France at the Paris Olympics, was suspended by the national federation on Wednesday for publishing comments inciting hatred on social media.

France suspends Olympian Muhammad Abdallah Kounta for 'spreading hatred' on social media

The political gridlock in France persists and Paris is hosting the Olympics. Still, in the middle of all of this, the French President is being scrutinized for allegedly taking a summer break. Watch in for more details!

Paris Olympics 2024: Macron leaves Paris mid-Olympics to spend time with family

India’s women’s archery team suffered a disappointing defeat at the hands of the Netherlands in the quarterfinals of the Paris Olympics. Watch in for more details!

Paris Olympics 2024: Indian men's & women's Archery team crashed out in Quarter-final

An air of excitement is running through Paris as the city hosts the ongoing Olympics - the greatest global sporting event but amid all the excitement - visitors, locals and athletes are feeling the heat. Watch the video to know more.

Paris: Temperatures rise at Olympics host city, organisers deploy water sprinklers for visitors

France has opened an investigation into the death threats received by the Israeli athletes, currently participating at the Paris Olympics, the prosecutor's office informed on Sunday (Jul 28).

France initiates investigation after Israeli athletes at Paris Olympics receive death threats

A US tech company has pulled its advertisements from Paris Olympics 2024 after the opening ceremony mocked the Last Supper. Drag queens and dancers performed a parody of the Leonardo da Vinci's mural painting, which brought flak from all quarters.

Paris Olympics: US tech company pulls its ads over ‘Last Supper’ mocking in opening ceremony

France's interior minister said on Saturday he could not rule out foreign involvement in an attack that sabotaged signal stations and cables on the country's high-speed rail network, causing travel chaos on the opening day of the Olympic Games.

Paris Olympics 2024: No headway in France's rail sabotage probe

French rail company SNCF said there was no safety issue in operating the trains after saboteurs disrupted the high-speed rail network early on Friday (Jul 26) - hours before the beginning of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony.

Paris Olympics: French railway operator declares 'no safety issue', hours after sabotage on rail lines

A Franco-Swiss airport was evacuated on Friday (July 26) due to a security threat. This comes after Paris witnessed rail disruptions caused by arson attacks. Following a security-related evacuation, EuroAirport Basel, an international airport situated on the French side of the border, announced a phased resumption of flight operations on its website.

Paris Olympics 2024: Franco-Swiss airport evacuated just hours before opening ceremony

Three high-speed train routes in France were vandalised overnight, just ahead of the Olympic opening ceremony in Paris. The state-owned railway operator SNCF said on July 26 that this has caused massive disruption to traffic on the day the Olympics officially get underway. SNCF said arsonists had targeted installations along the lines connecting Paris with cities like Lille in the north, Bordeaux in the west and Strasbourg in the east. Watch in for more details!

Olympics 2024: Vandals target France's high-speed rail network as Olympics get underway

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