The heist at the Louvre in Paris has shocked the art world, though such spectacular thefts have a long tradition.

The historic emerald necklace, gifted by Napoleon to his second wife, Empress Marie-Louise, was among eight pieces stolen in ...

A Chinese woman has been arrested and charged over the theft of gold from the Natural History Museum in Paris, in one of ...

Investigators were looking into the alarm systems at an institution that one expert said “wasn’t built with an obsession over ...

Shock has turned to anger in Paris as details about the Louvre Museum's gaps in security start to emerge after "priceless" jewels were stolen in a brazen daytime burglary.

France's justice minister acknowledged security failures Monday, the day after thieves made off with Napoleonic jewels in a ...

By Gabriel Stargardter, Juliette Jabkhiro and Elissa Darwish PARIS (Reuters) -Crime gangs around Europe are increasingly ...

A rare tornado has struck a suburb north of Paris, killing at least one person and seriously injuring several others, ...

The Louvre Museum in Paris was closed Sunday after "priceless" jewels were stolen in a brazen daytime burglary.

According to Paris officials, the thieves reportedly forced a window open, smashed display cases, and used a basket lift ...

Cultural institutions are seen as “soft targets,” experts say, as thieves shift from stealing prized paintings, to artifacts ...

Paris authorities are exploring an organized crime theory after masked robbers stole French jewels from the Louvre over the ...