Foued Mohamed-Aggad, one of three young men who shot dead 90 people at a Paris concert hall a month ago, was turned down by the French army and possibly also by the police before Islamic State took him on to fight for them. Army recruiters in the eastern city of Strasbourg decided after conducting physical and psychological tests that he was not a suitable candidate to bear arms as a French soldier.

An elegant exploration of singers, and dancers, whores and pimps in the 19th-century capital. By John Clarke.

For months, it seemed as if taxi unions and regulations would pose the biggest threat to Uber's expansion in France. Widespread protests crippled major cities earlier this year, and a recent court ruling forced Uber to shutter its UberPop low-cost service. Now, the ride-hailing company is facing resistance from a more unlikely source: its own Parisian chauffeurs.

Police are seeking two new suspects accused of aiding Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam, the Belgian prosecutor's office says. The pair are "armed and dangerous" and are thought to have helped Abdeslam travel to Hungary in September. Investigators say Abdeslam may have driven the suicide bombers at the Stade de France to their target on the night of the Paris attacks. The assaults on 13 November left 130 people dead and more than 350 wounded.

US President Barack Obama has visited the scene of the Bataclan theatre attack in Paris, after arriving in the city for the UN climate change summit. Accompanied by French President Francois Hollande and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, he laid a single white rose at the venue where 90 people were killed. Security was stepped up for the visit, with helicopters flying overhead and roads in the area sealed off.

Three days before the attacks that ripped through Paris, Djazira Boulanger handed the keys to her row house, across the street from a kindergarten, to a guest who had booked it over the website Homelidays.com. His name was Brahim Abdeslam. She didn’t know that Mr. Abdeslam was a central figure in plotting the deadly assault. As Ms. Boulanger tended to her two young children at home, authorities say Mr. Abdeslam and a band of cohorts were down the street preparing...

During Eagles of Death Metal's November 13 show at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris, gunmen entered the venue and opened fire on the crowd, leaving at least 90 dead. The band spoke to VICE about the tragic events that took place that night.

The authority for the Paris public hospitals says a number of protective health outfits, similar to those worn by people dealing with the Ebola virus, are missing from a locked room in a city hospital. A formal complaint was filed on Thursday, the same day Prime Minister Manuel Valls said in the National Assembly “there may also be a risk of chemical and bacteriological weapons” used by attackers.

November was never really the month to visit Paris.

French physician Jean-François Pilatre de Rozier and François Laurent, the marquis d’ Arlandes, make the first untethered hot-air balloon flight, flying 5.5 miles over Paris in about 25 minutes. Their cloth balloon was crafted by French papermaking brothers Jacques-Étienne and Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, inventors of the world’s first successful hot-air balloons.

Former busker Benjamin Clementine wins the £20,000 Mercury Music Prize and dedicates his award to Paris.

The co-manager of the Bataclan concert hall in Paris has said the venue will reopen at some point in the future, despite the devastating terror attack that left 89 people dead at the venue on Friday night. Dominique Revert, who was not present the night of the shootings, told Billboard: “It will reopen, no question about it. Hearts will be heavy for a few months, a few years. But we will reopen. We will not surrender.”

President Vladimir Putin says he’s shared Russian intelligence data on Islamic State financing with his G20 colleagues: the terrorists appear to be financed from 40 countries, including some G20 member states.

The Foo Fighters, Natalie Portman, U2 and other entertainers have cancelled events in Paris following deadly terrorist attacks in the city. The Foo Fighters cancelled the remaining dates of their European tour, including a planned show in Paris on Monday. Film distributor Mars said Saturday it had cancelled promotional appearances for the film “Jane Got a Gun” starring Portman. The Oscar-winning actress was scheduled to appear at the film’s premiere and junket interviews on Monday in Paris.

Heavily-armed police have evacuated the area around the Paris Eiffel tower and the surrounding Champ de Mars park in a false alarm. Anti-terror police were spotted at the Pullman Hotel on Avenue de Suffren near the Eiffel tower, according to an eyewitness, who lives along Champ de Mars. He declined to be identified. Another witnesses also confirmed the presence of heavily armed police at the site of the hotel.

The Eiffel Tower will be closed indefinitely following the wave of deadly attacks in Paris, the iconic landmark's operator said on Saturday. The company decided to close the monument -- normally visited by up to 20,000 people a day -- after Friday's attacks which claimed at least 128 lives, a spokeswoman told AFP. It will remain closed "until further notice," she added.

Daft Punk, Cassius, Respect and filter house. The story of how Paris got its groove back. By Raphael Malkin.

Restaurant owners in Paris say they could be put out of business by chefs who are catering for diners in their own homes.

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