French Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Friday that four people were injured, including two seriously, in a knife attack that took place near the former office of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
A security cordon was set up around the office, a police source also said.
French media BFM TV and Le Figaro said a suspect has been arrested on the steps of the Paris Bastille opera house.
US expected to send thousands of soldiers to Middle East
The Pentagon is expected to send thousands of soldiers from the army's elite 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East, according to reports on Tuesday, adding to the massive military buildup even as the Trump administration seeks talks with Iran.
US safety agency says tracking system failed at LaGuardia during jet collision
The National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday that a system which would have allowed a New York airport controller to track movement of aircraft and vehicles did not alert during a Sunday night fatal collision between an Air Canada commercial jet and a truck that killed two pilots.
Russia fires record 948 drones against Ukraine over 24 hours, Kyiv says
A rare Russian daytime drone attack on Ukraine killed three people, wounded several dozen and set a building in the historic centre of the western city of Lviv aflame on Tuesday, officials said, following an overnight bombardment that killed five.
Death toll rises to 69 in Colombian military plane crash
A total of 69 people died when a Colombian military plane crashed soon after takeoff earlier this week, the country's armed forces said in a statement on Tuesday, in an incident that injured 57 others.
One killed, five injured in Bahrain from Iran strikes
The Ministry of Defense (MoD) have offered their condolences to the family of a Moroccan civilian contractor in the UAE Armed Forces who was killed during a routine mission in Bahrain following an Iranian missile attack.
