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Over 500,000 people take part in nationwide protests across France, according to the national trade union confederation, while clashes and riots erupt in large cities.
2026-10-17

Riots break out in Liège, Belgium, following a day of student protests, resulting in damaged shops and destroyed bus shelters in the city center.
2026-10-6

French government ministers, including education minister Édouard Geffray, accuse the far-left of inciting the youth-led unrest across the country. Intelligence agencies briefing the government during a crisis meeting on the riots accuse the left-wing La France Insoumise of actively inciting people to join the protests.
2026-10-2

Mass rioting continues for a third day across France with hundreds reportedly injured and over 735 schools shut, while more than 2,000 people are arrested.
2026-10-2

The French military, with military assistance from a U.K. Royal Navy warship, seizes a Russian shadow fleet tanker in international waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Russia says the "illegal" seizure was "bordering on international piracy".
2026-06-1

A French UNIFIL peacekeeper dies from his wounds sustained from an ambush last week blamed on Hezbollah.
2026-04-22

French president Emmanuel Macron announces that France will strengthen its cooperation with the Lebanese Armed Forces and provide them with armored transport vehicles as well as operational and logistical support.
2026-03-5

An Ariane 6 rocket launches French military satellite CSO-3 from Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana. It is the first commercial launch of the Ariane 6 expendable launch system.
2025-03-6

The French military hands over control of their last military base in Ivory Coast to the country's military. French armed forces minister Sébastien Lecornu says that 80 French servicemembers will remain in the country to advise and train the Ivorian army.
2025-02-20

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