Sources: AP
The Cuban embassy in Paris, France, is attacked with three molotovs, resulting in a fire outside the building but without causing any injuries. The identities of the perpetrators of the attack are unknown. 2021-07-27
Citizens in the Republic of the Congo head to the polls to elect their President. Incumbent Denis Sassou Nguesso is expected to extend his 36-year rule as his main rival Guy Brice Parfait Kolélas remains hospitalized in France, where he was evacuated after contracting COVID-19. 2021-03-21
Fourteen people are on trial in France for their involvement in the 2015 attack on the satirical magazine "Charlie Hebdo". Three are being tried "in absentia". 2020-09-2
France reports 319 new deaths from COVID-19, bringing the country's death toll to 2,314 with 37,575 confirmed cases. 2020-03-28
U.S. President Donald Trump demands that European allies, in particular Germany and France, take back captured ISIL fighters, or else, he says, "we're going to let them go at your border". Trump also made the same threat in August. 2019-09-20
A plane and a helicopter collide over Testa del Rutor near the border of France and Italy, leaving seven dead. 2019-01-25
France's "Yellow Vest" protests over fuel taxes enter their fourth day as around 10,000 people continue to block roads around the country. 2018-11-20
The government of Turkey rejects the government of France's offer to mediate in the conflict between Turkish armed forces and Kurdish YPG militia in Syria. 2018-03-30
French authorities give up to 1000 migrants, mostly Syrians and Iraqis, until 8 p.m. local time on 23 February to leave the Calais jungle camp. Those who refuse to leave will be forcibly removed by police. 2016-02-20
Around 200 migrants storm the French port of Calais, near the Channel Tunnel to Britain, after a demonstration in support of migrants living in the nearby Calais jungle camp, with approximately 50 of them boarding the P&O Ferries operated MS "Spirit of Britain" cross-border ferry. The port was closed following the incident. 2016-01-23