The suspects are not professional gangsters, but small-time criminals from the hardscrabble northern suburbs of Paris, authorities say.

Two people arrested in the investigation into the Louvre robbery have been formally charged, according to the Paris Public ...

The Paris prosecutor said multiple suspects were arrested on Saturday evening, and hit out at leaks to the media.

French authorities have detained two of the suspected robbers believed to have stolen precious crown jewels from the Louvre ...

Gauteng police were praised by South Africans for their swift response, resulting in the death of three suspected kidnappers ...

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More than 25 years before Sunday's heist at the iconic museum, a thief took a 19th-century painting in broad daylight.

The Paris museum said the jewelry belonged to Napoleon and his wife. PARIS and LONDON -- Several people disguised as construction workers broke into the world-famous Louvre Museum in Paris on Sunday, ...

PARIS (AP) — In a minutes-long strike Sunday inside the world’s most-visited museum, thieves rode a basket lift up the Louvre ’s facade, forced a window, smashed display cases and fled with priceless ...

Professional thieves stole numerous French Crown Jewels from the Louvre Museum in a daring daytime heist Sunday morning in Paris. Three to four crooks used a construction truck and a ladder to reach a ...

Video shows one of the suspected Louvre robbers brazenly cutting through a glass case using a mini chainsaw before making off with the loot during Sunday’s heist at the Paris art gallery, French media ...

Update: The French culture ministry has announced the items that were stolen. They include the tiara from the set of Queen Marie-Amelie and Queen Hortense; a necklace and earring from Queen ...