France

France, Japan aim to land probe on Mars moon

PARIS: France and Japan want to recover pieces of a Martian Moon and bring them… Read More

Major French banks financing Israeli settlements: rights report

PARIS: Four major French banks and one big insurer are financing Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian… Read More

PIA air hostess arrested for theft at Paris shopping mall

PARIS: An air hostess of the Pakistan International Airline (PIA) was reportedly taken into custody… Read More

Man shot dead at Paris Orly airport after taking soldier’s gun

PARIS: Security forces at Paris' Orly airport on Saturday shot dead a man who grabbed a… Read More

Prince William tells French that Brexit won’t hurt friendship

PARIS: Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate were greeted by French President Francois Hollande… Read More

China steams past US, France to be Germany’s biggest trading partner

BERLIN: China for the first time became Germany's most important trading partner in 2016, overtaking the… Read More

France to cull 600,000 more ducks as fights bird flu virus

BORDEAUX, FRANCE: France will cull a further 600,000 ducks as part of efforts to prevent a… Read More

French army grooms eagles to down drones

PARIS: Faced with the risk of drones being used to snoop or carry out attacks… Read More

Kashmir Solidarity Day observed in France

ISLAMABAD: Embassy of Pakistan and the Pakistani and Kashmiri community in France observed Kashmir Solidarity… Read More

Cat food litters French motorway, causing traffic tailback

PARIS: A truck carrying 2,000 pounds (40 tonnes) of cat food collided with a car… Read More

Eiffel Tower to be shielded by 2.5-metre glass security walls

PARIS: The Eiffel Tower, the symbol of Paris, will soon be surrounded by a bullet-proof… Read More

Explosion at French nuclear plant, ‘no radiation risk’

CAEN, FRANCE: An explosion at a nuclear power plant on France's northwest coast caused minor… Read More

Facebook, Google, others launch drive against fake news

Social media companies Facebook, Google and a group of news organizations launched an initiative on… Read More

France says ‘serious consequences’ if US embassy moves to Jerusalem

PARIS: French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Sunday that if US President-elect Donald Trump moves… Read More

France launches mass duck cull to stem bird flu spread

PARIS: Authorities in southwest France began a cull of hundreds of thousands of ducks Thursday… Read More

105-year-old Frenchman pedals into history books

PARIS: A 105-year-old French cyclist set a new one-hour record for his age Wednesday -- although… Read More

France’s Hollande pardons woman who killed her violent husband

PARIS: French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday pardoned a woman who had been convicted for… Read More

In first, road paved with solar panels powers French town

PARIS: France on Thursday inaugurated the world's first "solar highway", a road paved with solar… Read More

Twelve killed as lorry ploughs into Berlin Christmas market

BERLIN: A lorry ploughed into a busy Christmas market in Berlin on Monday, killing at… Read More

Eiffel Tower shut by third strike of 2016

PARIS: Workers at the Eiffel Tower concerned over an upcoming paint job at the famous… Read More