France

Spain not showing Euro finals on TV?

With less than a month until Euro 2016 gets underway in France, fans of defending champions Spain still do not know if they will be able to watch the finals on TV, as no media outlet in Spain has bought the rights to the tournament.
12 May 2016, 18:00 PM

French cabinet votes to force through labour reforms

The French cabinet has given the go-ahead for the president to force through highly controversial labour reforms, circumventing parliament.
10 May 2016, 13:49 PM

Scuba diving humanoid robot uncovers treasure from Louis XIV's wrecked ship

A human-like robot scuba dives and discovers archaeological treasure in a ship that sank off the coast of Toulon, France in 1664, reports Business Insider.
29 April 2016, 09:45 AM

'Dentist of horror' Jacobus van Nierop jailed in France

A Dutchman dubbed the "dentist of horror" is sentenced to eight years in France for mutilating the mouths of some 120 patients.
26 April 2016, 14:22 PM

France and EU condemn RU teacher killing

The Embassy of France and the European Union Ambassador to Bangladesh strongly condemns the gruesome murder of AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee, a professor at of Rajshahi University.
24 April 2016, 04:43 AM

Spielberg, Foster and Penn top list of stars at Cannes

Hollywood stars turned directors Jodie Foster and Sean Penn will show their latest films at the Cannes festival next month, organisers say.
14 April 2016, 13:47 PM

Brussels group 'initially planned to hit France'

The suspected surviving bomber in the Brussels attacks has told interrogators the group initially planned a new attack on France, Belgian prosecutors say.
10 April 2016, 16:08 PM

Africa sex abuse scandal: First UN soldiers on trial

The first soldiers to face justice in a huge sex abuse scandal that has rocked the UN and France went on trial in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
5 April 2016, 05:25 AM

Paris attacks suspect ‘will not fight extradition’

Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam has changed his mind and will not fight extradition from Belgium to France, his lawyer says.
24 March 2016, 11:11 AM

Syria crisis: Strikes on hospitals 'war crimes'

France and Turkey have said that air strikes on hospitals in northern Syria constitute war crimes.
16 February 2016, 05:22 AM

Facebook hit by French privacy order

Facebook gives three months to stop tracking non-members of its social network without their consent in France.
9 February 2016, 12:56 PM

French minister resigns amid terror row

French Justice Minister Christiane Taubira steps down from her job, shortly before MPs are due to debate plans to strip people convicted of terrorism of their citizenship.
27 January 2016, 09:12 AM

French emergency ‘until IS defeated’

France will seek to keep its state of emergency until a "total and global war" against so-called Islamic State (IS) is over, Prime Minister Manuel Valls tells the BBC.
22 January 2016, 06:40 AM

France returns head of Hindu statue taken 130 years ago

France returns the head of a Hindu deity's statue from the 7th century more than 130 years after it was taken away in the name of research.
21 January 2016, 07:20 AM

Paris attacks suspect's 'hideout found' in Brussels

Belgian prosecutors believe to have found a Brussels apartment where one of the Paris jihadists have been hiding after the 13 November attacks.
8 January 2016, 10:51 AM

Man shot dead attacking police on Charlie Hebdo anniversary

A man is shot dead by police as he tries to attack a police station on the first anniversary of the jihadist assault on Charlie Hebdo had a knife and what appeared to be an explosives vest, the government says.
7 January 2016, 12:42 PM

Composer Pierre Boulez dies at 90

French composer and conductor Pierre Boulez passes away at the age of 90.
6 January 2016, 15:41 PM

Zidane replaces Benitez as Real Madrid coach

Zinedine Zidane replaces Rafael Benitez as Real Madrid coach.
5 January 2016, 06:05 AM

'Terror attack' foiled in France

French police have foiled a terror attack on police and army personnel in the region of Orleans, the interior minister has said.
23 December 2015, 05:16 AM

Fake bomb forces Air France flight to make emergency landing in Kenya

An emergency landing of an Air France flight from Mauritius to Paris in Kenya was caused by a false bomb alert, the airline's chief says.
20 December 2015, 07:19 AM