Sources: Xinhua
The death toll from the heatwaves across Europe increases to over 1,300 people killed, including 1,000 in France and over 300 in Spain. 2026-06-29
The 52nd G7 summit is held at Évian-les-Bains in Haute-Savoie, France. Évian becomes the first area to host a G7 or G8 summit twice, previously hosting the G8 summit in 2003 during the beginning of the Iraq War. 2026-06-15
Twenty-one people are injured in a bus crash in Corps, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. 2023-03-4
France announces that it will deploy its aircraft carrier "Charles de Gaulle" to the eastern Mediterranean to boost its efforts against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Iraq and Syria. 2015-11-5
A shooting at a Romani camp in Roye, Somme, France, by a suspect from the same community leaves four people killed and three others severely injured. 2015-08-25
Leaders from Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine meet in the Belarusian capital Minsk for peace talks. 2015-02-11
Christine Lagarde, the Chief of the International Monetary Fund, is placed under investigation in France for alleged negligence dating back to her time as Minister of Finance. 2014-08-27
Basque separatist group ETA has reportedly indicated a readiness to disband, give up its weapons and enter talks with the governments of France and Spain. 2012-11-25
The Fromelles Military Cemetery is opened in Fromelles in northern France containing the graves of 250 Australian and British soldiers who died in the Battle of Fromelles in World War I and had previously been buried in a mass grave. 2010-07-19
The G8 releases a statement agreeing that Israel's blockade on Gaza is "not sustainable and must be changed" and calling for United Nations Security Council Resolution 1860, which was approved by the United Nations Security Council in January 2009, to be implemented. 2010-06-26