Sources: Newsweek
The French Armed Forces returns their last military base in Chad to the Chad National Army, bringing an end to French military presence in the country. 2025-01-30
A man is arrested in Sevres, Île-de-France, France, for killing his four children and their Haitian mother at their flat in Meaux the day before. 2023-12-26
France reports their first case of the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 in a French citizen who travelled from London to Tours, France on December 19. 2020-12-25
France reports 509 more deaths from COVID-19, bringing the country's death toll to 4,032 and 56,989 cases, with 6,017 of those patients reported in a serious condition requiring life support. 2020-04-1
France's top rabbi, Gilles Bernheim resigns after admitting he does not hold a philosophy degree as claimed and had engaged in plagiarism. 2013-04-11
African troops are to be deployed in Mali to fight alongside French and Malian soldiers within a week. 2013-01-15
A rabbi and his two children, along with the daughter of the school principal, are killed by an attacker at a Jewish school in Toulouse, France. [https:--www.bbc.co.uk-news-world-us-canada-17426313 (BBC)] [https:--www.washingtonpost.com-world-europe-father-two-children-shot-dead-outside-jewish-school-in-france-2012-03-19-gIQAclfUMS_story.html ("The Washington Post")] [http:--www.timesofisrael.com-three-reported-killed-at-jewish-school-in-france- ("The Times of Israel")]date=August 2019 2012-03-19
Iran's foreign ministry criticises state media for branding French first lady Carla Bruni as a "prostitute" over her support for Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani who faces death by stoning after being convicted of adultery. 2010-08-31
French fishermen off the coast of Malta repel an attempt by Greenpeace to obstruct their operations, sinking several Greenpeace Zodiac boats and injuring a Greenpeace activist. 2010-06-6
Agathe Habyarimana, the widow of former Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana, accused of helping plan the 1994 genocide, is arrested in France. [http:--news.bbc.co.uk-1-hi-world-europe-8545120.stm (BBC)] [http:--www.france24.com-en-20100302-widow-slain-rwandan-leader-arrested-france (France 24)]date=August 2019 2010-03-2