Socialist François Hollande was elected president of France on Sunday, defeating incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy in a race that focused heavily on the country's economic woes.
French presidential favourite Francois Hollande made his final rallying call Thursday in the city of Toulouse where a few weeks ago an Islamist killer brought a brief halt to a bitter election campaign.
Israel's National Security Council said activists in Tunisia were planning attacks on Israeli or Jewish targets and increased its warning against travel there to the second-highest level.
French extreme-right leader Marine Le Pen has refused to endorse Nicolas Sarkozy on his reelection bid ahead of the May 6 runoff. She told the six million people who voted for her in the first round ''to make their own choice'' at Sunday's ballot.
Israel’s President Shimon Peres and Music legend Bob Dylan as well as writer Toni Morrison are among 13 people who will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest US civilian honor, the White House said Thursday.
Richard Prasquier, head of CRIF, the umbrella organization representing the French Jewish community in the political field, has expressed concern about the possible influence of violently anti-Israel leftist parties on Socialist candidate Francois Hollande if he is elected president on May 6 like polls seem to predict.
Agudath Israel criticizes decision by Brooklyn district attorney to claim a blanket exemption; D.A. says impossible to disclose perpetrators without disclosing victims.
