Francois Hollande

PARIS— Angry unions and youths joined forces Wednesday in a day of protests against French President Francois Hollande’s effort to tamper with the country’s 35-hour workweek.Several union and student organizations called protests in more than 200 cit...

French President Francois Hollande says what he calls a “terrorist threat” will continue to weigh on the country, which was struck a year ago by Islamic extremists.

Hollande’s recent call to arms contrasts with the French reaction to the terrorist attacks in January. Two key events highlight the evolution of French rhetoric since January.

Within hours of a contentious vote Wednesday night in the House of Commons authorizing military action in Syria, four British Tornado warplanes took off from an airbase in Cyprus to hammer an Islamic State-controlled oil field in eastern Syria with laser-guided bombs.

French voters are casting ballots Sunday for regional leaders in an unusually tense security climate, expected to favor conservative and far right candidates and strike a new blow against the governing Socialists.

In a show of Western solidarity, President Barack Obama and French President Francois Hollande vowed Tuesday to escalate airstrikes against the Islamic State and bolster intelligence sharing following the deadly attacks in Paris.

President Obama will stand in solidarity with French President Hollande at the White House on Tuesday, 11 days after ISIS launched a series of deadly attacks in Paris.

France identified a 27-year-old Belgian who once boasted about killing “infidels” and fought for the Islamic State in Syria as the mastermind of the Paris attacks, and President Francois Hollande vowed Monday to forge a united coalition capable of defeating the jihadists at home and abroad.

President Barack Obama on Monday firmly rejected calls for a shift in U.S. strategy against the Islamic State following the Paris attacks, saying Republicans who want to send ground troops into the volatile region are “talking as if they’re tough” but fail to understand the potentially grave consequences.

Clearly, the casualty count of just one bystander killed and several dozen injured in three explosions outside the Stade de France could have been far worse.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry flew to Paris on Monday to show American solidarity with France after last week’s deadly attacks.

French President Francois Hollande said Monday the attacks in Paris targeted “youth in all its diversity,” killing at least 129. Here are their stories.

France wants to unite with the U.S. and Russia in a grand coalition dedicated to smashing the Islamic State.

Jolted to attention by a horrifying terror spree in Paris, world leaders pledged a renewed fight Sunday against the Islamic State, but offered little in the way of a revamped counter-terrorism strategy.

“War in the heart of Paris” screams the headline of Le Figaro. Scenes of carnage, troops on the streets, politicians speaking, sirens in the background, terrified people in tears. The unfolding state of emergency triggers strange thoughts in my political head, but I try to pause.

Seven people were detained Sunday in Belgium in connection with deadly attacks in Paris as the city entered three days of mourning for the 129 people killed in the worst violence in France in decades.

French President Francois Hollande is holding an emergency meeting of top lawmakers to discuss documents released by WikiLeaks