Sources: Newsweek
Thieves steal part of the French Crown Jewels from the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, before fleeing on motorbikes. Police have been unable to locate them. The stolen Crown of Empress Eugénie is later recovered, although it was damaged. 2025-10-19
France's Directorate-General for External Security reports that four French nationals detained in Burkina Faso on allegations of being foreign intelligence agents have been released following mediation by Morocco. 2024-12-19
France issues an international arrest warrant for former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn. 2022-04-22
Iran bans all travellers from the United Kingdom, France, Denmark and Norway for 15 days and indefinitely suspends all land travel to Turkey due to the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. 2021-12-26
Volkswagen submits an offer of €2.5 billion for French car rental firm Europcar. The deal, which would give Volkswagen 66% of Europcar's shares, has been accepted by the board but still needs to be accepted by regulators in France. Volkswagen previously owned Europcar and sold it to French investment firm Eurazeo for €3.3 billion in 2006. 2021-09-20
Hong Kong reclassifies 15 countries and territories, including the U.S., France, Malaysia, and Thailand, to the "high-risk" category, which means that beginning on August 20, there will be mandatory 21-day quarantines and tougher boarding requirements for travellers arriving from those countries due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases caused by the Delta variant. 2021-08-16
Prime Minister Boris Johnson receives his first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. 2021-03-19
In Metz, Grand Est, France, an assailant shouting "Allahu Akbar" attempts to stab police officers with a knife before being shot and injured. 2020-01-5
Tens of thousands of people rally in Paris in support of the legalisation of gay marriage and adoption in France. 2013-01-27
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius announces that France intends to vote in favor of upgrading Palestine's status at the United Nations from permanent observer as the Palestinian Liberation Organization to a non-member observer state. The vote is scheduled to be held later this week. 2012-11-27