All news on the topic: France

For the second time in its long-standing dispute with Equatorial Guinea, the ICJ has ruled in favour of France, allowing the sale of former Vice President Teodorín Obiang’s multimillion-euro mansion seized in a corruption investigation.

As French President Emmanuel Macron struggles to maintain his fragile grip on power, manoeuvres are reportedly underway by his far-right rival Marine Le Pen’s populist party to clear a path to an electoral run in 2027.

Four people, including two children, have died in two separate incidents while attempting to cross the Channel to the UK in the past 24 hours, and three others are missing in a third incident.

French President Emmanuel Macron has named his defense minister and close ally, Sebastien Lecornu, as the new prime minister after Prime Minister Francois Bayrou resigned after losing a confidence vote.

The family of a woman killed by an ex-partner who inundated her with hundreds of messages and calls will ask a judge on Monday to compel the French authorities to explain why they failed to protect her.

A man has driven a car into a crowd outside a bar in northern France after a dispute in which one person was killed, and five others injured, according to prosecutors.

A helicopter combating a large wildfire in France crashed into a lake while trying to gather water to refill its reservoir.

More than 100 asylum seekers have been detained for deportation to France, as the Prime Minister seeks to address migration issues, according to The Times.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has said it "deplores" new US sanctions on its judges and prosecutors.

A French internet star was found dead after his body was reportedly seen ’lifeless’ in a live stream following ’10 days of torture and sleep deprivation’.

Four bodies have been found floating in the River Seine, in the outskirts of Paris.

Number of people who arrived in UK via small boats in first half of 2025 up 48% on same period last year

Four reactors at the Gravelines nuclear power plant in France were shut down on Sunday evening due to a jellyfish invasion in the cooling systems.

A BBC investigation has exposed the French and UK operations of a powerful and violent smuggling gang taking people across the English Channel in small boats.

Chinese fast fashion retailer penalised month after €40m fine from French regulator in July

The scandalously famous billionaire Alexander Mamut, who flits between Britain, Israel, and France, still manages to skim billions from Russia.

Donald Trump has threatened Canada after the country announced it would follow the UK and France in recognising a Palestinian state.

French defense company Naval Group has become the target of a cyberattack. Confidential data on submarines and frigates may have been stolen, the Financial Times reports.

American author Eleanor "Gay" Courter and her husband Philip are set to stand trial in France over the illegal sale of gold bars salvaged from an 18th-century French shipwreck.

Since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian state has confiscated assets worth nearly 2.6 trillion rubles ($33.2 billion).

Police are conducting an investigation following the incident where a British tourist was struck and killed by a car while jogging with her husband during their holiday in France.