Sources: ABC news
France bans Israeli defense firms from exhibiting at the Eurosatory weapons expo convention. 2024-05-31
The ruling Nigerien military junta orders the ambassadors of France, Germany, Nigeria, and the United States to leave the country. France rejects the ultimatum, claiming they do not recognize its authority, while the US claims it has received no request to withdraw its personnel from Niger. 2023-08-25
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen suspends negotiations for a free trade agreement with Australia over Australia's recent cancellation of a submarine contract with France, demanding that Australia must apologise to France before the agreement can continue. 2021-09-21
Josep Almudéver Mateu, the last surviving member of the Spanish Civil War's International Brigades, dies in France at the age of 101. 2021-05-24
Protesters gather in Paris, France, in support of Palestine following attacks on the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Gaza Strip. During the protest, police dispersed crowds. 2021-05-12
France reports a record 30,621 new infections in a single day as the cumulative number of cases surpasses 800,000. 2020-10-15
France reports 319 new deaths from COVID-19, bringing the country's death toll to 2,314 with 37,575 confirmed cases. 2020-03-28
A Norwegian delegation arrives in Venezuela to restart dialogues to end the presidential crisis. 2019-08-14
Belgian prosecutors hand over Salah Abdeslam, a key suspect in the November 2015 Paris attacks, to French authorities. 2016-04-27
Russian warships launch cruise missiles from the Caspian Sea against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant positions in Syria's eastern Deir ez-Zor. Russian Defense Minister, Sergey Shoigu, reported over 600 terrorists were killed in the strikes. Video footage also emerged of Russian ground crew servicemen writing the words "For Paris" on bombs to be dropped on ISIL targets in a show of solidarity with France in the wake of the November 13 terror attacks that left 130 people dead in Paris. 2015-11-20