Sources: Reuters
French police arrests a man suspected of attempted arson upon a synagogue in La Grande-Motte, Occitanie, France. The incident is being treated as an anti-semitic terrorist attack. 2024-08-24
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
A court in France bans pro-Palestinian protests planned in Paris. However, activists say that protests will go as planned. 2021-05-14
Turkey surpasses 5 million cases of COVID-19, becoming the fifth country to do so after the United States, India, Brazil, and France. 2021-05-10
Germany, Italy, France, and Spain suspend the use of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine following reports of blood clots. 2021-03-15
France introduces new measures to ban homemade masks in educational institutions, requiring school children over the age of six to only wear category 1 masks in schools. 2021-02-8
Two gunmen open fire near a mosque in Avignon, France, injuring eight people. Two of the victims were hospitalised. 2017-07-2
An Algerian C-295 military transport plane with six people on board crashes near Avignon in southern France. Rescuers locate the remains of four of the passengers, while two others remain missing. [https:--www.reuters.com-article-2012-11-09-us-france-plane-idUSBRE8A816K20121109 (Reuters)] [http:--www.trust.org-alertnet-news-algerian-military-plane-crashes-in-france-four-dead- (Trust.org)]date=August 2019 2012-11-9
The price of oil reaches an eight month high following Iran banning sales to Britain and France on Sunday. 2012-02-20
France continues deporting Romani as the Vatican condemns this act. 2010-08-20