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France 'must prepare for other attacks': Hollande
President Francois Hollande warned that France must brace for further attacks, just days after a potential bloodbath on a train was foiled by passengers.
25 August 2015
China poses risks to global economic recovery: France
China's faltering growth poses a threat to a recovery in the global economy, France's economy minister Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday.
25 August 2015
US train attack hero to be nominated for Airman's Medal
The US serviceman who was wounded while foiling a gun attack on a train in Europe will be nominated for the Air Force's highest medal for non-combat bravery.
25 August 2015
Merkel, Hollande urge 'unified' response to EU refugee crisis
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande called for a "unified" response to the worst refugee crisis to hit the EU since World War II.
25 August 2015
Don't ever 'stand by', US 'heroes' plead after train attack
Three American friends who overpowered a heavily-armed gunman in a train poured cold water on his claim that he had no intention of waging a bloody attack.
24 August 2015
Hollande, Merkel 'to discuss EU migrant crisis on Monday'
The French and German leaders will meet in Berlin on Monday to give a new push to European efforts to tackle the biggest migrant crisis in 50 years.
24 August 2015
Police quiz gunman over French train attack
French investigators were interrogating a man who was overpowered by three young Americans after he opened fire with a Kalashnikov on a trainbetween Amsterdam and Paris.
22 August 2015
EU ministers to hold migrant crisis talks in October: France
Europe's interior and foreign ministers will meet in mid-October to discuss how to respond to the huge influx of migrants and refugees arriving at EU borders.
21 August 2015
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