France

French police evacuates president Macron from theater amid protests

Jan 18, 2020 12:03

French police have evacuated President Emmanuel Macron from a theater in Paris after some protesters managed to enter the building, while many more were trying to enter.
France deploys radar system, aircraft carrier in Saudi Arabia

Jan 18, 2020 11:35

France is beefing up its military presence in West Asia, sending a radar system and an aircraft carrier to the region gripped by heightened tensions.
France: Clashes erupt in Lyon as unions march to oppose planned pension reform

Jan 17, 2020 10:21

Nearly 16,000 people took to the streets of Lyon on Thursday, as part of a new day of action against the government's planned reform of the pension system.
France criticizes Israel’s illegal settlement expansion activities

Jan 13, 2020 12:40

France has strongly denounced the Israeli regime’s recent plans to build some 2,000 settler units in the occupied West Bank, stressing that all Israeli settlements are illegal under international law.
French refinery strike continues for second day

Jan 09, 2020 06:15

Staff at seven of France’s eight oil refineries has continued to strike for the second day in protest against a pension reforms plan by the government.
Countries move to evacuate, restrict citizens after Iran’s missile attacks on US bases in Iraq

Jan 08, 2020 09:54

Countries have been warning their citizens to prepare for evacuation from and avoid traveling to Iraq, following retaliatory missile attacks by Iran against two US military bases in the Arab country.
France warns US against digital tax retaliation

Jan 06, 2020 11:34

French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire warned the United States on Monday that any retaliation to France's new digital services tax could "deeply and durably" damage relations.
Putin: US assassination of Soleimani ‘aggravates’ situation in region

Jan 03, 2020 19:52

Russian President Vladimir Putin has told French President Emmanuel Macron that the United States’ assassination of Iranian Commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani risks “seriously aggravating” regional tensions.
Huge rise in number of people trying to cross Channel to UK by sea

Jan 02, 2020 07:40

The number of people making desperate attempts to cross the Channel by sea from France has quadrupled over the last year. French officials say almost 2,358 people were picked up in the Channel attempting to reach the UK by boat or swimming in 2019, compared with 586 in 2018.
French coastguards rescue 31 migrants attempting Channel crossing

Dec 29, 2019 15:25

French coastguards rescued 31 migrants trying to cross the English Channel overnight after the engine of one small boat cut out and the other dinghy began to take in water, local authorities in France said on Sunday.