French police arrest over 100 after Halloween ‘purge’ night riots
French police arrested more than 100 people after gangs of masked youths stormed through Paris suburbs and the centre of Lyon on Halloween night, authorities...
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France’s ban on full-body Islamic veil ‘violates human rights’
The UN Human Rights Committee said on Tuesday that France‘s ban on the niqab, the full-body Islamic veil, was a violation of human rights and called...
Flash floods in southern France kill at least 12 people
At least 12 people died in southwestern France on Monday when some of the worst flash floods in a century turned rivers into raging torrents...
French police arrest gangster on the run since spectacular escape
French police have arrested a gangster who went on the run following a spectacular prison escape over the summer, police sources said on Wednesday. Police...
Frenchman lands job after Macron advice
A jobless young Frenchman told by Emmanuel Macron that all he needed to do to find a job was cross the road and ask has...
Man arrested after knife attack in Paris wounds seven
French police detained a man, said to be of Afghan origin, who wounded seven people in a knife attack in downtown Paris late on Sunday,...
French President expected to visit Cyprus in November
French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to visit Cyprus in November for talks with President Nicos Anastasiades, with whom he is set to announce a...
French FM due in Cyprus Friday
French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian is due on the island on Friday for talks with his Cypriot counterpart on a range of issues. Bilateral...
Turkish Cypriots criticise Dutch, French FMs for not meeting with them
Turkish Cypriots on Thursday criticized the Netherlands and France for not scheduling visits with them during the visits of their foreign ministers to Cyprus this...
French foreign minister to visit
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian will be in Cyprus on Friday for a working visit that will include meetings with the president and the...
French call for more negotiations ‘bullying, excessive’ – Iran
Iran‘s foreign ministry on Friday dismissed a French call for more negotiations with Tehran over the international nuclear accord as “bullying and excessive”. There was...
France: EU needs strategic relationship with Russia on defence
The European Union needs a strategic relationship with Turkey, including in defence matters, and should modernise its post-Cold War relations with Russia, French President Emmanuel...
France’s Macron under fire after aide hits street protester
An aide to Emmanuel Macron was put on two-week leave after he was seen hitting a street protester in demonstrations in Paris in May, the...
Merkel, Macron agree euro zone budget in ‘new chapter’ for bloc
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed on Tuesday to create a euro zone budget charged with boosting investment in the bloc...
Cyprus and France sign up for military cooperation
Cyprus and France this week signed a bilateral military cooperation programme during a visit to Paris by defence minister Savvas Angelides. According to a press...
Italy, France try to patch up row, draw papal rebuke (Update)
European neighbours Italy and France tried to patch up a row over immigration on Thursday as Pope Francis urged politicians everywhere to work together on helping refugees...
France hangs up: new bill would ban cell phones at school
France’s phone-addicted children will be obliged to do without their mobile devices at school under a bill the education minister on Thursday called a “detox...
France looking to set the tone at All Blacks’ Eden Park fortress
Eden Park has been a graveyard for visiting rugby teams for over 20 years but France will look for a strong first-up performance on Saturday...
Europe seeks US sanction exemptions for its firms in Iran
Ministers from Germany, France and Britain have written to senior US officials urging them to protect European companies working in Iran from getting caught up in...
Iran’s uranium enrichment plans are close to the ‘red line’
Iran‘s declaration that it could increase its uranium enrichment capacity if a nuclear deal with world powers falls apart risks sailing close to the “red...
