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France's New Popular Front (NFP) party suspends future talks with President Emmanuel Macron to break a political deadlock after Macron refused to implement a leftist-led coalition government despite the NFP receiving the second-most votes in the legislative election, and also calls for nationwide protests against Macron's "parody of democracy".
2024-08-27

France deploys law enforcement to New Caledonia to regain control of the road to La Tontouta International Airport, which is currently controlled by protesters.
2024-05-19

French prosecutors announce that actor Gérard Depardieu will be tried for the alleged sexual assault of two women in 2021.
2024-04-30

Mali accuses its former ally France of arming jihadist terrorist groups in order to destabilize the country. Malian Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop tells the United Nations that French aircraft are violating the country's airspace and dropping "arms and ammunition" to terrorist groups on the ground. France denies the accusations.
2022-08-18

France reports 45,422 new cases of infections, the highest single-day spike in the country since the pandemic began, according to a statement from the Health Ministry. In turn, the total number of cases topped 1.08 million.
2020-10-24

France deploys two Dassault Rafale fighter jets and the frigate "La Fayette" to the eastern Mediterranean because of tensions between Greece and Turkey over oil and gas exploration in disputed waters. French President Emmanuel Macron says the French military will monitor the situation.
2020-08-13

France is deploying more than 10,000 personnel to provide security for the two-week UN Climate Change Conference that opens in Le Bourget in Paris on Monday, November 30, 2015. Around 150 heads of state or government are expected to attend COP21's opening day.
2015-11-26

Debris suspected to be from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that disappeared last year arrives in France for investigation in Toulouse. [http:--one.trust.org-item-20150801052808-e7lqb-?source=hpMostPopularTheWire (Reuters)]date=August 2019
2015-08-1

A French journalist is killed, along with eight others, by a mortar in the Syrian city of Homs.
2012-01-11

France sends military aid to Wallis and Futuna, which suffered extensive damage from Cyclone Tomas.
2010-03-16