Amid record fuel prices, France has announced to provide €100 “inflation bonus” to the people on low to middle incomes and promised to freeze petrol prices in a bid to contain growing discontent over rising prices and an increase in living costs.

France offers €100 'inflation bonus' to low-income people to offset discontent against rising fuel prices

Protests in France against government's new pension plans

With a nationwide movement of rolling strikes and protests having started to tail off as it enters a second week, unions were hoping for a new jolt to regain momentum by bringing hundreds of thousands of demonstrators back out onto the street.

Strikes, protests as French unions seek momentum to halt pension reform

French military joins police to tackle 'Yellow Vest' protest

Paris police said Friday that "yellow vest" protests would be banned on the Champs-Elysees on Saturday, a week after hundreds of anti-government demonstrators rioted and looted shops on the iconic Paris avenue.

Paris police ban 'yellow vest' protests on Champs-Elysees Saturday

French police used water cannon on 'yellow vest' protesters in Paris on Saturday (March 16), as people rallied for the 18th round of demonstrations in the capital against high living costs.

French police use water cannon on Paris protesters

Thousands of people marched on Saturday in Paris and other cities and dozens were arrested as France's "yellow vest" movement staged its 15th consecutive weekend of demonstrations against the government.

Thousands march as France's 'yellow vest' protests rumble on

French officials on Sunday strongly condemned anti-Semitic abuse and anti-police attacks by some "yellow vest" demonstrators as up to 2,000 of them gathered in central Paris to embark on the third month of the anti-government protests.

'Yellow vest' protests condemned for anti-Semitic abuse and anti-police attacks

A former boxer who became a hero to some of France's "yellow vest" protesters after being filmed punching police officers during a demonstration in Paris goes on trial Wednesday on charges that carry up to seven years in jail.

French 'yellow vest' boxer on trial for punching police

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9th weekend of Yellow Vest protests; Water cannon, arrests and tear gas

The number of protesters in the latest "yellow vest" rallies across France surged on Saturday, but there was a marked decline in violence despite hundreds of arrests and clashes with police in Paris and other cities.

Number of 'yellow vest' protesters surge to 84,000 but violence down

Hundreds of demonstrators wearing yellow vests took to the streets of London on Saturday, in the largest protest yet in Britain copying the "yellow vest" protests rocking France.

Hundreds of 'yellow vest' protesters rally in central London

Thousands of anti-government demonstrators marched in cities across France on Saturday in a new round of "yellow vest" protests against President Emmanuel Macron, accused of ignoring the plight of millions of people struggling to make ends meet.

France's 'yellow vests' mobilise for fresh round of protests

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Cash donations for French "yellow vest" boxer spark condemnation

Rioters in Paris torched motorbikes and set barricades ablaze on the upmarket Boulevard Saint Germain on Saturday, as protests against high living costs and the perceived indifference of President Emmanuel Macron turned violent on the fringes.

Clashes erupt in Paris as 'yellow vests' protest at unrepentant Macron

France's "yellow vest" protesters were back on the streets again Saturday as a government spokesman denounced those still protesting as hard-liners who wanted only to bring down the government.

France's 'yellow vest' protesters return to streets as revolt against President Macron widens

A Turkish prosecutor on Friday launched an investigation into a prominent Fox News Turkey presenter less than two weeks after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lambasted the journalist, local media reported.

Turkey investigates Fox News journalist

Around 40 'yellow vest' demonstrators on Thursday tried to storm the medieval fort of Bregancon that serves as Macron's summer retreat before being turned back by police, the mayor of nearby Bormes- les -Mimosas, Francois Arizzi, told AFP on Friday.

'Yellow vest' protesters target Macron's vacation hideaway

Groups of defiant "yellow vest" demonstrators faced off with tens of thousands of police around France on Saturday, but the protest movement appeared to have lost momentum on a fifth and decisive weekend.

France's 'yellow vest' protests lose momentum on decisive weekend

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of French cities on Saturday in the fifth weekend of nationwide demonstrations against Emmanuel Macron's government, despite calls to hold off after a gun attack in Strasbourg earlier this week.

Thousands of 'yellow vests' protestors take to the streets in France in nationwide demonstrations

'Yellow vest' protesters in northern France said they were not convinced by measures announced by French President Emmanuel Macron in a television address on Monday meant to ease a crisis that has gripped the nation.

Video: 'Yellow vest' protesters not convinced by Macron's speech, plan to continue protest

Amid the rising "yellow vest" protest in France, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe on Saturday called for fresh dialogue with representatives of the movement ensuring that the government would address concerns over rising living costs.

Yellow vest protest: French PM calls for 'dialogue' ensuring measures to cut rising costs

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