Sources: Al Arabiya
The French National Authority for Health limits the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to those aged over 55 years old after it was discovered that three patients who suffered blood clots are younger than 55 years old. 2021-03-19
France reports 2,846 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, as well as more than 12,300 new cases this week, making it the highest number of cases since the lockdown was eased in May. 2020-08-14
France plans to make vaccines mandatory for children in 2018. 2017-07-5
A Swiss Boeing F-A-18 military jet crashes in France while on a training mission, injuring the pilot. The Swiss defense ministry has said it did not know what caused the accident. 2015-10-14
A French probe into the death of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in 2004 closes without bringing any new information. 2015-09-2
Scuffles in court (as families reportedly yell "Butcher! Butcher!") lead to the postponement of the trial of Hosni Mubarak's former interior minister Habib el-Adly and six others after "three or four minutes". Habib el-Adly is accused of massacring people who demonstrated against the Mubarak regime, prior to its downfall as a result of a popular revolution in February 2011. 2011-05-21
2011 Syrian protests: France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom summon Syrian ambassadors to condemn the government's recent violent crackdown on people protesting against the Bashar al-Assad regime. 2011-04-27
Today's Friday protests take place in Egypt, Iraq, Syria and Yemen among other places. 2011-04-8
French jet destroys a Libyan plane that breached the no-fly zone. 2011-03-24
France sends two planeloads of aid to opponents of the Libyan regime in Benghazi. 2011-02-28