Sources: Reuters
Israel deports French-Palestinian lawyer and activist Salah Hamouri saying that Hamouri continues to be active with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which has been designated as a terrorist organization by Israel, the United States, European Union and other countries. 2022-12-18
About 130 French citizens who joined the Islamic State are expected to be returned to France by their Kurdish captors to face trial. 2019-01-29
Frenchman Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Scotsman Sir Fraser Stoddart, and Dutchman Ben Feringa win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their research into nanotechnology. 2016-10-5
French taxidrivers, air traffic controllers and school teachers go on strike over working conditions and competition from non-traditional services such as Uber. 2016-01-26
Authorities search for Belgium-born French national Salah Abdeslam, one of three brothers suspected of involvement in the attacks. Raids are reported to have taken place in Grenoble, Toulouse, Jeumont and the Paris suburb of Bobigny. This contradicts previously published official information that all the perpetrators of the attacks were dead. 2015-11-16
A French air traffic controllers strike causes the cancellation of hundreds of flights throughout Europe. 2015-04-8
French film and television actor Louis Jourdan ("Gigi") dies at the age of 93. 2015-02-14
Algerian jihadist group Jund al-Khilafah release a video showing French tourist Hervé Gourdel being killed because of French participation in airstrikes against ISIS. 2014-09-24
Four French hostages held in Niger by an Al-Qaeda offshoot since 2010 are released. 2013-10-29
French air traffic controllers begin strike action with the south of France expected to be worst affected. 2013-10-10