France
France beefs up security
France said Wednesday it will deploy more than 90,000 police and security guards for Euro 2016, vowing to do "everything possible to avoid a terrorist attack" during the football tournament that starts next month.
25 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Varane out of Euros
France's Euro 2016 preparations take a knock on Tuesday with key defender Raphael Varane ruled out injured of next month's tournament on home soil with his place taken by Adil Rami.
25 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Google's Paris HQ raided in tax probe
French finance officials have raided the Paris offices of US internet giant Google as part of a tax fraud investigation.
24 May 2016, 13:36 PM
France call up Rami
France have called up Sevilla defender Adil Rami as cover for Raphael Varane, the French football federation says Monday.
23 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Security issues to be corrected
Security failures highlighted at this weekend's French cup final need to be urgently sorted out before the start of Euro 2016 in three weeks' time, an official in charge of security at France's national football stadium says on Monday.
23 May 2016, 18:00 PM
EgyptAir: Images released of debris found in plane search
The Egyptian military releases images of life vests and other items found during the search for missing EgyptAir flight MS804.
21 May 2016, 11:00 AM
EgyptAir crash: MS804 passenger who lost his passport
One of the people on board the EgyptAir flight almost did not make the trip after losing his passport last week, his friends tell media in France.
21 May 2016, 05:49 AM
Monfils out of French Open
World number 14 Gael Monfils has withdrawn from the French Open with a viral infection, the grand slam tournament's organisers said on Friday.
20 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Former France winger Ginola in hospital after collapse: report
Former France winger David Ginola collapse during a celebrity golf day on the French Riviera on Thursday and was taken by helicopter to a hospital in Monaco.
20 May 2016, 07:31 AM
France extends state of emergency to cover Euros
France's parliament confirms a two-month extension of the state of emergency that has been in place since November's jihadist attacks to cover the Euro 2016 football tournament and Tour de France.
19 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Are martial arts clubs adding punch to the jihadist cause?
Combat sports are booming around the world but in France increasingly draw the attention of intelligence services hunting potential jihadists.
19 May 2016, 11:53 AM
The plan to ban work emails out of hours
Should governments step in to regulate work emails and so rescue harassed staff from the perils of digital burnout? The answer in France appears to be "Yes". President Francois Hollande's Socialist Party is about to vote through a measure that will give employees for the first time a "right to disconnect".
14 May 2016, 06:35 AM
Valbuena, Ben Arfa miss the cut
France coach Didier Deschamps names his 23-man squad for Euro 2016 on Thursday, with both Mathieu Valbuena and Hatem Ben Arfa missing the cut.
13 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Spain not showing Euro finals on TV?
With less than a month until Euro 2016 gets underway in France, fans of defending champions Spain still do not know if they will be able to watch the finals on TV, as no media outlet in Spain has bought the rights to the tournament.
12 May 2016, 18:00 PM
French cabinet votes to force through labour reforms
The French cabinet has given the go-ahead for the president to force through highly controversial labour reforms, circumventing parliament.
10 May 2016, 13:49 PM
Scuba diving humanoid robot uncovers treasure from Louis XIV's wrecked ship
A human-like robot scuba dives and discovers archaeological treasure in a ship that sank off the coast of Toulon, France in 1664, reports Business Insider.
29 April 2016, 09:45 AM
'Dentist of horror' Jacobus van Nierop jailed in France
A Dutchman dubbed the "dentist of horror" is sentenced to eight years in France for mutilating the mouths of some 120 patients.
26 April 2016, 14:22 PM
France and EU condemn RU teacher killing
The Embassy of France and the European Union Ambassador to Bangladesh strongly condemns the gruesome murder of AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee, a professor at of Rajshahi University.
24 April 2016, 04:43 AM
Spielberg, Foster and Penn top list of stars at Cannes
Hollywood stars turned directors Jodie Foster and Sean Penn will show their latest films at the Cannes festival next month, organisers say.
14 April 2016, 13:47 PM
Brussels group 'initially planned to hit France'
The suspected surviving bomber in the Brussels attacks has told interrogators the group initially planned a new attack on France, Belgian prosecutors say.
10 April 2016, 16:08 PM