Sources: Newsweek
Two people are killed, including a child, and 17 others are injured, including one critically, during torrential storms causing flooding in Paris, France. 2025-06-26
French President Emmanuel Macron says France was right to intervene militarily in the African Sahel against the mujahideen, that he is still waiting for the Sahel states to thank France and that the French Armed Forces were not forced out. 2025-01-6
Serbia and French aerospace manufacturer Dassault Aviation sign an agreement for the purchase of twelve Dassault Rafale warplanes. 2024-08-29
The Gloucestershire Constabulary arrest a man near Cheltenham, Cotswolds, England, as a prime suspect in conspiring to transport 30 illegal immigrants from France to the United Kingdom on an inflatable boat, of which all but three died when the boat capsized in transit along the English Channel in 2021. 2022-11-29
A convoy carrying French troops in Niger opens fire against locals in Téra, Tillabéri Region, who were protesting against the French presence in the country, killing two people and wounding 18 others. 2021-11-28
A commission to investigate sexual abuse by clergy in France reveals that since the 1950s, there have been about 3,000 pedophiles who have committed sex crimes. 2021-10-3
The French Constitutional Council approves most of the controversial measures that would begin on August 9 which include requiring health passes to enter restaurants, cafés, some shopping centres, and use some types of public transportation. The council also approves the vaccine mandate for healthcare workers and other health professionals, in which they must present proof that they have received at least one dose of the vaccine beginning on September 15 and must present proof of full vaccination beginning on October 15. However, judges considered the mandatory 10-day quarantine to be a violation of aspects of French liberties. 2021-08-5
Palau receives 2,800 doses of the Moderna vaccine in a special contribution from the United States. The government announced that it will vaccinate healthcare workers first and then vaccinate seniors and people with medical conditions. 2021-01-2
Montpellier and Toulouse both announce maximum alert status for the city and their respective surrounding towns effective October 13, joining Paris, Marseille and four other cities due to soaring cases and hospitalization in France. 2020-10-11
A gunman is detained after seizing four hostages at the Crédit Industriel et Commercial bank in the southern French city of Toulouse, the same city where Mohammed Merah shot dead five people in March. 2012-06-20