Three people hurt after heavily armed man opens fire on a train in northern France, before being overpowered by American passengers.

Britain will reopen its embassy in Tehran during a visit to Iran by Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond due to start on Sunday.

US officials return to France a Picasso oil painting that was stolen from a Paris museum 14 years ago.

France is to conduct air, land and sea searches in and around the island of Reunion in the hope of finding more debris which could be linked to MH370.

The UK and France urge other EU nations to help address the root causes of the Calais migrants crisis.

Google is to defy France's ruling that the "right to be forgotten" should be applied globally and not just in Europe.

The Lorraine Mondial Air Ballons festival on Sunday broke the world record for the most simultaneous hot air balloon flights.

Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has raked in USD 40 million for his charity at his second annual auction gala in France.

Fresh Greek bailout reform proposals submitted to Eurozone partners are cheered by France and Italy, raising hopes that a last-ditch compromise could be reached to prevent a dreaded "Grexit."

Greece closes its banks and imposes capital controls on Sunday to check growing strains on its crippled financial system, bringing prospect of being forced out of euro into plain sight.

A suspected Islamist attacker pins a decapitated head covered with Arabic writing to the gates of a gas factory in eastern France on Friday before being arrested, police said.

French President Francois Hollande brands as "unacceptable" reported spying by the United States on French senior officials and warned Paris would not tolerate actions that threaten its security.

A French court acquits former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of procuring prostitutes for sex parties in France, Belgium and the US.

Rafael Nadal remains on course for a 10th French Open title with a straight-sets victory over fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro in the second round.

Australia plans to pass a law within weeks to give the government power to strip citizenship from dual nationals who are suspected terrorists even if they are not convicted of a crime, the prime minister says.

Aishwarya is the best-dressed Indian beauty at 68th Cannes Film Festival.Out of the actress’ appearances,her emerald Elie Saab gown received most votes, making it the best look this year.

The Eiffel Tower in Paris has been closed to the public as staff stage a walk-out to protest against a surge in pickpocketing gangs.

Kumamon -- a stylised creation with red cheeks and a fixed grin -- is to attend the premier global film festival when it opens in the south of France this week.

Edith Piaf may have passed away in 1963 but this year -- the year she would have turned 100 -- the memory of "The Little Sparrow" is just as strong as ever and enshrined as one of France's most enduring icons.

A memorial service for the victims of last month's Alps plane crash is to be held at Cologne Cathedral.