Here's the Cover of the New Charlie Hebdo Issue
This is the cover of the Charlie Hebdo issue set to be released on Wednesday. Libération, which is helping to publish the issue, says more than three million copies of the magazine will be printed.
Witness Describes Execution of Heroic Hostage at Kosher Market in Paris
Three days after Amedy Coulibaly seized a kosher supermarket in Paris and killed four hostages, a woman who survived the attack described the harrowing ordeal to Europe 1 radio. Among other horrors, the woman said she witnessed the brutal killing of a man who attempted to shoot Coulibaly with one of terrorist's own…
Next Charlie Hebdo Issue Will Feature Muhammad Cartoons
The next issue of Charlie Hebdo will "naturally" include cartoons of Muhammad, the magazine's lawyer told a French radio station on Monday. The issue, one million copies of which will be published on Wednesday, will also be translated into 16 languages.
The AP reports arsonists attacked the offices of a German newspaper that reprinted Charlie Hebdo's Muhammad cartoons on Sunday, throwing a Molotov cocktail through a basement window. No one was injured and the fire was quickly extinguished. Police have detained two men suspected of the crime.
"Liberte! Charlie!": Unity March Draws 1.3 Million in Paris
After a string of deadly terror attacks that began with Wednesday's Charlie Hebdo shooting, as many as a million people swarmed the streets of Paris today for a unity rally that also drew more than 40 world leaders, including Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestine's Mahmoud Abbas, the U.K.'s David Cameron and Angela…
French Terrorist Declares Loyalty to ISIS in Posthumous Video
Amedy Coulibaly, who took fourteen hostages and killed four in a kosher supermarket before he was shot and killed by French special forces on Friday, pledges allegiance to the Islamic State in a video released today on what is reportedly an official ISIS forum.
Security Forces Searching for Ex-Girlfriend of French Gunman
The Guardian reports that French police are searching frantically for Hayat Boumeddiene, the ex-girlfriend of Amedy Coulibaly who was killed last night after taking 14 people hostage at a kosher supermarket. Boumeddiene is believed to be armed and dangerous.
Harrowing Video Shows Police Storming Paris Market, Shooting Gunman
This afternoon France 2 released video of police storming the kosher supermarket in eastern Paris where Amedy Coulibaly had taken 14 people hostage. The video shows several dozen police firing into the store and tossing flash grenades until Couibaly, who earlier in the week allegedly killed a Paris police officer,…
Charlie Hebdo Suspects Killed in Police Assault
After an hours-long standoff with police Friday, Charlie Hebdo shooting suspects Cherif and Said Kouachi have been killed by police in a raid on the print shop northeast of Paris where they took one person hostage.
Charlie Hebdo Shooters Cornered By Police, Take Hostage
A French official has confirmed to the Associated Press that Cherif and Said Kouachi have holed up inside a printing house in Dammartin-en-Goële, northeast of Paris, and have reportedly taken at least one person hostage. Police and the gunmen, accused of killing 12 people in Wednesday's Charlie Hebdo office massacre,…
How Much Did We Need This Blasphemy?
Even Ross Douthat came out swinging yesterday in favor of the slain cartoonists of Charlie Hebdo ("The Blasphemy We Need"). Since it is difficult to find even one square inch of common ground between right and left in American politics, this ought to have come as good news. Unfortunately, Douthat's Take is yet…
7 Offensive Images The New York Times Wasn’t Afraid to Publish
Dean Baquet, the executive editor of The New York Times, is defending his decision not to reprint any Charlie Hebdo cartoons depicting Mohammad with an argument that might confuse Times readers. Today he told Politico: “We don’t run things that are designed to gratuitously offend.”
Terrorism Works
Terrorism persists because terrorism works. Terrorism works because we let it.
Charlie Hebdo to Publish Next Week: "Stupidity Will Not Win"
One day after gunmen with Kalishnikovs attacked the Paris offices of satirical paper Charlie Hebdo Wednesday, killing 12 and injuring 10, the remaining staff at the paper announced that they will release an issue next week. "Stupidity will not win," columnist Patrick Pelloux told the AFP.
Jon Stewart on Charlie Shooting: Comedy Shouldn't Be an Act of Courage
Jon Stewart dropped the jokes Wednesday night when discussing the shooting that left 12 people dead at French satire paper Charlie Hebdo, adopting the solemn demeanor he had to bring out way, way too often in 2014.
Charlie Massacre Brothers Reportedly Rob Gas Station North of Paris
The two main suspects in Wednesday's Charlie Hebdo killings, Said and Chérif Kouachi, were reportedly spotted Thursday robbing a gas station about 50 miles northeast of Paris.
Police Officer Killed After Gunman Opens Fire in Southern Paris
Further raising tensions in Paris amid a manhunt for two suspected shooters in yesterday's Charlie Hebdo office massacre, a police officer was killed and another person injured after an unidentified assailant opened fire early Thursday. French police do not believe there to be connection between this morning's…
Youngest Suspect in Charlie Hebdo Shooting Surrenders to French Police
One of the suspects in the Charlie Hebdo shooting has reportedly turned himself in to authorities without incident.
Report: Charlie Hebdo Suspect Killed, Two Arrested in Raid (UPDATED)
According to NBC News' Pete Williams, one of the suspects from this morning's attack at the Charlie Hebdo office was killed during a raid this evening in Reims, France. The other two suspects are reportedly in custody. UPDATE: NBC now says it cannot confirm its report.
Police Identify Three Suspects From Deadly Charlie Hebdo Shooting
The Guardian is reporting that three suspects in this morning's deadly attack at the Charlie Hebdo office in Paris have been arrested, though that report is unconfirmed. The suspects have reportedly been identified as Said Kouachi and Cherif Kouachi, two brothers in their early 30s, and 18-year-old Hamyd Mourad.
