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France's Le Pen booted out of his far-right party
Jean-Marie Le Pen, France's elderly, far-right master provocateur, was booted out of the National Front (FN) he founded after a high-profile feud with his daughter and party leader Marine.
21 August 2015
France and Britain to sign deal on Calais migrant crisis
France and Britain are to sign a deal Thursday aimed at alleviating the migrant crisis in Calais, where thousands of people desperate to cross the Channel have gathered in slum-like conditions.
20 August 2015
France calls off search for MH370 wreckage off Reunion
France said it was calling off the hunt for wreckage from missing flight MH370 after 10 days of air and sea searches off its Indian Ocean territory of Reunion yielded no results.
18 August 2015
France to conduct MH370 searches off Reunion until Monday
France will conduct air and sea searches off its Indian Ocean territory of Reunion until the start of next week for debris from missing flight MH370.
13 August 2015
Families of Germanwings crash victims plan US lawsuit: report
Relatives of victims of the Germanwings crash in the French Alps hope to take their compensation claims against parent company Lufthansa to a US court.
10 August 2015
Kazakh folk ensemble to perform in Paris
Kerbez folk ensemble of Semey Phillarmonic Hall named after Amre Kashaubayev in eastern Kazakhstan will perform in Paris.
10 August 2015
France hunts for more MH370 debris off Reunion island
France launched a hunt for more wreckage from the ill-fated MH370 plane off Reunion island on Friday in a fresh effort to shed light on one of aviation's biggest mysteries.
08 August 2015
Greek PM sees bailout deal after August 15
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and French President Francois Hollande agreed that Athens and its international creditors "can and must" reach a bailout deal after August 15.
07 August 2015
'No difficulty' for France to find Mistral buyers: Hollande
French President Francois Hollande said there would be "no difficulty" in finding new buyers for two Mistral warships that had been sold to Russia before Paris scrapped the deal.
07 August 2015
Hollande, Putin reach accord on cancelled warship deal
French President Francois Hollande's office said he had reached an agreement with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on compensation for failing to deliver two Mistral warships over the Ukraine crisis.
06 August 2015
French prosecutor says 'very high probability' wreckage from MH370
There is a "very high probability" that wreckage found on the Indian Ocean island of La Reunion comes from the doomed Malaysia Airlines flight MH37.
06 August 2015
EU offers to help France, Britain face Calais migrant crisis
The European Commission offered Tuesday to help France and Britain deal with the migrant crisis at the Channel Tunnel.
05 August 2015
MH370 investigators meet in France ahead of wing analysis
Malaysian aviation experts met French officials to coordinate the investigation into missing flight MH370, days after the discovery of a washed-up plane part offered fresh hopes of solving the mystery.
04 August 2015
Germany wrong to propose temporary 'Grexit': French minister
French Finance Minister Michel Sapin said in an interview that his German counterpart Wolfgang Schaeuble was "wrong" to propose a temporary withdrawal from the euro for debt-laden Greece.
03 August 2015
French police foil '1,000 bids' to cross Channel
French police said they had prevented more than 1,000 desperate attempts by migrants to get into Britain via the Channel Tunnel.
01 August 2015
France, Russia reach deal on compensation of Mistral warships: senior Russian official
After eight months of negotiations France and Russia have reached a deal on the amount Paris must pay Moscow in compensation for the non-delivery of two Mistral warships.
31 July 2015
Fabius says time to warm up Iran-France relations
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius arrived in Iran and said it was time to kickstart relations between the two countries after a nuclear deal made such a change possible.
29 July 2015
France evacuates 10,000 campers as Provence burns
French officials evacuated 10,000 people from three different campsites as hot winds fanned fires in drought-hit Provence in the middle of the summer holiday season
28 July 2015
Kazakhstan beats Belgium and France in government efficiency ranking of World Economic Forum
World Economic Forum has compiled its Global Competitiveness Ranking; Kazakhstan is ranked 50th out of 144 countries.
20 July 2015
'Terrorist' attack on French military foiled: minister
France has foiled a plan to attack the country's military, the interior minister said, as a source close to the investigation said the suspects had been planning a beheading.
16 July 2015