Sources: AP
The French military hands over control of their last military base in Ivory Coast to the country's military. French armed forces minister Sébastien Lecornu says that 80 French servicemembers will remain in the country to advise and train the Ivorian army. 2025-02-20
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov states that bilateral relations between France and Russia have "reached a nadir" following the arrest and captivity extension of Russian-born Telegram CEO Pavel Durov. 2024-08-27
At the International Olympic Committee's meeting in Paris, France, it is announced that the French Alps region has been conditionally approved to host the 2030 Winter Olympics and that Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, will host the 2034 Winter Olympics. 2024-07-24
Eleven people are killed in a fire at a guesthouse accommodating disabled people in Wintzenheim, Alsace, France. 2023-08-9
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake strikes Niort, Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, injuring two people and severely damaging hundreds of buildings. 2023-06-16
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
In a response to a cyberattack on TV5Monde, the French Minister of Culture and Communications Fleur Pellerin has called for an emergency meeting of the heads of various major media outlets and groups based in France, to take place sometime today at an undisclosed location. 2015-04-10
The country's first reported suicide bomber blows himself up in Gao, injuring one Malian soldier. In the north, French and Chadian forces retake the city of Tessalit. 2013-02-8
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claims responsibility for kidnapping five French workers in Niger. 2010-09-21