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Investigators can’t download EgyptAir recorders, says U.S. official

By Joan Lowy, Associated Press

Initial attempts to download information from the flight data and voice recorders of an EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean last month have been unsuccessful, according to a U.S. official.

Air France pilots join French labor strikes

By Omar Etman

A quarter of all Air France pilots went on strike on Saturday, joining a wave of workers protesting a proposed labor law that would ease worker protections in France.

Louvre shuttered to protect art as historic flooding begins to recede

By Michael D. Regan

The famed Louvre in Paris has been temporarily shut down as employees on Friday rushed to relocate thousands of pieces of art from the museum’s basement vaults after a week of rain caused flooding across Europe.

News Wrap: Thousands of Parisians evacuated as floodwaters swell Seine River

By PBS News Hour

In our news wrap Friday, floodwaters wreaked havoc in Paris as the River Seine rose more than 18 feet above normal levels, prompting French authorities to activate a potential emergency plan to transfer government functions to more secure locations. Also,…

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Kerry says U.S., Russia to reinstate nationwide Syria cease-fire

By Josh Lederman, Associated Press

PARIS — The United States said Monday that a new agreement with Russia would replace localized, piecemeal cease-fires in Syria with a revived, nationwide truce, as world leaders struggled to get faltering peace talks back on track.

Key suspect in Paris attacks arrested in Belgium

By Joshua Barajas

Mohamed Abrini, a key suspect in the Nov. 13 Paris attacks, was among those arrested Friday in connection with the March 22 terror attacks in Brussels, French police officials confirmed to the Associated Press.

Artists flood Twitter with images of support for Brussels

By Joshua Barajas

People offered their condolences to Brussels in text and pictures on Twitter using the hashtag #JeSuisBruxelles.

Doctor suggested Germanwings pilot seek treatment before crash

By Michael D. Regan

A Germanwings co-pilot who flew a commercial jetliner into a French mountainside in March last year possibly exhibited psychotic behavior weeks before he killed himself and 149 others on board the plane he was commandeering.

The surprising beauty in Europe’s abandoned border checkpoints

By Corinne Segal

Photographer Josef Schulz's series on abandoned border checkpoints has taken on a renewed importance, as one of the largest migrations in European history has brought new discussion about the continent's borders.

Paris remembers victims of 2015 terror attacks

By News Desk

Around 2,000 people gathered in Paris Sunday to remember the victims of the terror attacks that occurred last year in France, killing almost 150 people.