Sources: AP
The High Court of Justice issues an interim injunction blocking the deportation of an Eritrean asylum seeker to France under a returns agreement, pending a hearing on his trafficking claim. 2025-09-16
Mali announces the arrest of two generals, other military officers, civilians, and a French national accused of plotting to destabilize the state, with authorities stating the alleged conspiracy began on August 1 and that investigations are ongoing. 2025-08-14
France begins withdrawing its forces from Niger after the ruling military government ordered them to leave. 2023-10-10
Six people, including four children, are injured in a mass stabbing at Lake Annecy in Haute-Savoie, France. The attacker, a Syrian national, is arrested. 2023-06-8
France reports a record 179,807 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. 2021-12-28
France lifts its nighttime curfew due to an improvement in the COVID-19 situation in the country. The country previously dropped its outdoor mask requirement on June 17. 2021-06-20
An explosion occurs at a carnival in Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France, injuring at least 18 people. 2017-04-1
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
Two French soldiers are killed and one injured in a drive-by shooting in southern France. 2012-03-15