The French government ⁠said ⁠on Wednesday it was pausing the use of ⁠stun grenades in its policing of student protests after a 15-year-old boy's hand was blown off during a clash ​with riot police. Rights groups,

Students' blockades and marches spring from real grievances – and from France's habit of settling policy on the street.

Nationwide protests in France have shut down or disrupted more than 500 schools as students demand better learning conditions and changes to the education system. NBC News’ Richard Engel reports on what protesters are demanding from the government.

Police fired tear gas in Paris and across France on Tuesday as more than 250,000 people rallied nationwide in support of students demanding increased education funding, according to government figures.

Russian overnight strikes devastated Pryluky, where the death toll rose to 22, including five children. Another strike on Kyiv killed four people and injured 12, as attacks hit residential areas. Russian overnight strikes devastated Pryluky,

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Russia launched a barrage ​of drones and missiles at Ukraine on Wednesday (October 7) , killing at least eight people and damaging residential buildings, industrial ‌facilities and infrastructure, Ukrainian officials said.

KYIV, Ukraine >> Russia pounded Ukraine with waves of missiles and dronestoday, killing at least 15 people and hitting residential buildings, industrial facilities and infrastructure, Ukrainian officials said.

Oil shipments have slowed in the face of Iranian attacks after President Donald Trump celebrated restored flows. Such a level of violence has not been seen for months.

President Donald Trump says the U.S. will not resume military strikes on Iran before the Nov. 3 midterm elections

California leaders are condemning President Trump after he suggested that Iran could take out Los Angeles or San Diego as he defended the war.

The president has acknowledged sometimes using public statements about negotiations and military planning to keep adversaries off guard.

The Nobel Prize in literature will be awarded Thursday by the Swedish Academy in Stockholm. Last year, Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai, whose surreal and anarchic novels combine a bleak world view with mordant humor,

Carson has mind-boggling range and formal audacity, our poetry columnist writes, but however much she toys with obscurity she remains too hilarious to be intimidating.

Anne Carson, a Canadian poet who shared top odds with Can Xue, a Chinese novelist, won the Nobel prize in literature. The committee praised her "bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition,

Canadian author Anne Carson won the Nobel Prize in Literature Thursday for her bold oeuvre that uses playful dialogue and the classical tradition.

Police who searched the properties of the former Prince Andrew and seized his property in the investigation into his links to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have agreed the search warrants were unlawful,

A London judge says police who searched former Prince Andrew's properties in connection to Jeffrey Epstein agreed the search warrants were unlawful

Today, Thames Valley Police has accepted that the search warrants it used to search Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s homes earlier this year were unlawful. Adam is joined by policing commentator Danny Shaw to discuss why they were unlawful and what this means for the ongoing criminal investigation into alleged misconduct in public office.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor sued police over searches during a Jeffrey Epstein-related investigation.

Airlines like Lufthansa and Air India have temporarily suspended flights to Saudi Arabia's capital after explosions were reported Thursday, including a large blast at Riyadh's international

Several explosions were heard in the Saudi capital on Thursday, including one at the Riyadh airport that halted flights, a witness said. Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis claimed the blast came from one of their ballistic missiles.

Shocking images show the aircraft debris scattered.

Several explosions were heard in Saudi Arabia's capital of Riyadh on Thursday, including a large blast at the city’s international airport, a witness told The Associated Press, a day after the kingdom said an attack on the airport killed one person and wounded others.