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The military government of Burkina Faso orders the French embassy's defense attaché to leave the country due to subversive behavior.
2023-09-15

The French government issues new rules that would allow all vaccinated travellers from the European Union and seven other "green" countries to enter the country without showing a negative testing result beginning on June 9.
2021-06-4

France reports 45,422 new cases of infections, the highest single-day spike in the country since the pandemic began, according to a statement from the Health Ministry. In turn, the total number of cases topped 1.08 million.
2020-10-24

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says that recordings related to the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi were issued to Saudi Arabia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and France.
2018-11-11

At least 10 people have been killed by flash floods in the Aude region of south-western France. A bridge also collapsed in the locality of Villegailhenc, while all roads are inaccessible in Carcassonne.
2018-10-15

Heavy floods affect France and Italy: in the French city of Sainte Maxime, two people drown after their vehicle is swept away by floodwater. In the Italian city of Cagliari, a woman is found dead inside her car, while another man is missing. A bridge also collapses and roads are damaged.
2018-10-11

Russia and China veto a draft United Nations Security Council resolution sponsored by France, the United Kingdom and the United States calling for sanctions against the Syrian government and President Bashar al-Assad over allegations that the government used chemical weapons in the conflict.
2017-03-1

Stéphane Hessel, influential French diplomat, writer, thinker and inspiration for multiple political movements, dies at age 95.
2013-02-27

Islamists rebels capture the Malian town of Diabaly after fierce fighting with government troops, as French airplanes strike targets in Gao.
2013-01-14

At least 25 people die during flooding in the Var department of Côte d'Azur, Southern France.
2010-06-16