Thieves stole priceless jewels from the world-famous Louvre in Paris in a daring heist early Sunday that forced the museum to close for the day, officials said.

Members of a forensic team inspect a window believed to have been used in what the French Interior Ministry said was a robbery at the Louvre museum during which jewellery was stolen, in Paris, France,...

The group targeted a wing of the Louvre by the Seine River, where construction work was ongoing, and extended a freight elevator resembling a ladder from the back of a flat-bed truck before propping ...