A French appeals court has reopened the trial of Air France and Airbus over the 2009 crash of Flight AF447, which resulted in the deaths of all 228 people on board.
A small boat carrying 125 migrants crossed the English Channel from France to the UK on Saturday, setting a new record for the largest number of people on a single vessel making the perilous journey.
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Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will soon be imprisoned after he was sentenced to five years in jail on Thursday by a court that found him guilty of criminal conspiracy over dealings with Libya, an unprecedented punishment for a leading French political figure.
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will learn his fate in a corruption trial on Thursday in which he is accused of taking millions of euros from late Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi to help finance his 2007 election campaign.
A teacher who was stabbed by a student fascinated by "Nazi ideologies" in a middle school in northeastern France is in stable condition, the French education minister told reporters on Wednesday.
French President Emmanuel Macron announced that he will meet Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday to discuss a return of United Nations sanctions.
Georgia’s Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili delivered two sharply contrasting messages to Europe on the same day — accusing the European Union of interfering in domestic politics, while voicing optimism about resetting relations with France.
French international football player Ousmane Dembélé of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) said that despite not having a personal goal of winning the Ballon d’Or, he could not hold back tears when he spoke about his family after being named the world’s best player on Monday.
France has officially recognised the State of Palestine in a move timed with United Nations efforts to revive peace in the Middle East. The decision aligns Paris with the UK, Canada and Australia, signalling growing Western support for a two-state solution. Israel and the U.S. react with opposition.
France is spearheading a new stage of international recognition for the State of Palestine, working with European and Asian countries following announcements by Britain, Canada, Australia, and Portugal.
The north and south towers of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris reopened to the public on Saturday, six years after a devastating fire ravaged the cathedral on 15 April 2019, destroying the roof and spire and inflicting major damage.
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, have expressed their intention to present photographic and scientific evidence to a U.S. court to prove Mrs Macron is a woman, the BBC reports.
Hundreds of thousands of workers, students and pharmacists staged strikes and demonstrations across France on Thursday against looming budget cuts, intensifying pressure on President Emmanuel Macron and his new prime minister.
France will send three Rafale fighter jets to Poland to reinforce NATO’s eastern defences, following Russian drone incursions that crossed into Polish airspace, President Emmanuel Macron announced on Thursday.
France is once again facing political turmoil as the 'Block Everything' movement mobilises tens of thousands of protesters, disrupting railway hubs, universities, schools, and government offices.
Firefighters attempted to extinguish a blaze at a central Paris restaurant during the nationwide "Block Everything" protest on Wednesday.
Sebastien Lecornu, chosen by President Emmanuel Macron to be France's fifth prime minister in just two years, took office on Wednesday amid widespread anti-government protests that highlighted the country's deepening political crisis.
Protesters from a new movement in France staged demonstrations on highways that disrupted traffic early on Wednesday and dozens of people were arrested as security forces deployed across the country, officials said.
French President Emmanuel Macron has named Sebastien Lecornu as prime minister, maintaining his pro-business agenda amid ongoing political instability. Lecornu’s immediate challenge will be to build consensus on the 2026 budget.
French President Emmanuel Macron is searching for his fifth prime minister in less than two years after opposition parties combined to oust centre-right leader François Bayrou over his unpopular budget-cutting plans.
François Bayrou formally submitted his resignation as France’s prime minister to President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday, a day after losing a confidence vote in the National Assembly, the government website confirmed
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French President Emmanuel Macron faces a deepening political crisis as he searches for his fifth prime minister in under two years, following the expected resignation of Francois Bayrou on Tuesday after parliament rejected his budget plans.
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