Le Monde

Shots have been heard 45 km north-east of Paris as police are driving after a car presumably used by the gunmen who committed the attack on satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday.

For nearly two days thousands of police officers have been taking part in the manhunt following the twelve murders at Charlie Hebdo's office in Paris.

A man has fired at a municipal police officers near Paris, leaving one officer and a municipal official severely hurt.

Police have detained a suspect, and government officials are due to visit the crime scene later on Thursday, the Bulgarian News Agency reports citing AFP.

French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday wraps up months of commemorations of the centenary of World War I with the inauguration of a unique memorial carrying the names of nearly 600,000 fallen soldiers of all nationalities.
      

Kristalina Georgieva was among the "rare good surprises" coming from the outgoing EU Commission, the French daily Le Monde wrote Wednesday.

A freed French hostage says the suspected gunman behind the deadly shooting at the Jewish Museum in Brussels in May was among his Islamic extremist captors in Syria.
      

The coalition is seeking to put the controversial departure of tax chief Haris Theoharis behind it as it moves into the final straight before a cabinet reshuffle that is expected to take place on Monday.