Sources: Newsweek
Two people are killed and 20 others are injured in a snowstorm in northern France. 2025-01-9
France and the EU-wide Takuba Task Force announce that they will begin withdrawing from Mali, stating that the military government in place since last year's coup has placed "multiple obstructions" to their counter-terrorism operations. 2022-02-17
France reinstates a mandatory face mask policy for primary schoolchildren in many departments and administrative areas across the country as authorities try to reduce the number of COVID-19 cases. 2021-11-8
Defence minister Sadio Camara asks Mali's main Islamic body, the High Islamic Council, to mediate peace talks between the government and the local branch of al-Qaeda, Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin. The move is strongly opposed by France. 2021-10-19
Prime Minister Boris Johnson receives his first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. 2021-03-19
China is expected to begin administering vaccines to healthcare, transport, and border control workers. 2020-12-19
Hairdressers and other non-essential shops in France reopen for the first time since October after the country eases its second nationwide lockdown. 2020-11-28
Iraq sentences seven foreign women for links to Islamic State. Three Azerbaijanis and one Kergyz receive death sentences while two Russians and a French women receive life sentences. 2018-04-17
France's Air Force carries out its first cruise-missile strikes targeting Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant installations in Iraq, including “a training center and logistical depot,” according to the French defence ministry. 2015-12-15
A court in France announces a delay of an investigation into whether Christine Lagarde abused her authority as Finance Minister of that country. Lagarde is the new Director of the International Monetary Fund. 2011-07-8