The stimulus equates to 4% of gross domestic product, meaning France is ploughing more public cash into its economy than any other big European country

France unleashes 118 billion euro stimulus to revive economy

French President Emmanuel Macron voiced support on Wednesday for a sovereign Iraq and said its main challenges are Islamic State militants and foreign interference in its affairs.

French President Emmanuel Macron says France will continue to support Iraq

The Islamist gunmen who struck the Charlie Hebdo magazine and a Jewish store, killing 17, are dead but on Wednesday, five years after the attack that marked the onset of a wave of Islamist violence in France, their alleged accomplices face trial.

Charlie Hebdo terrorist attack accomplices go on trial today

French President Emmanuel Macron said that "it’s never the place of a president of the Republic to pass judgment on the editorial choice of a journalist or newsroom" amid the controversy surrounding French magazine Charlie Hebdo.

We have freedom of the press, says Macron on Charlie Hebdo row

5 years ago, an attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo had shook the world. The magazine has republished Prophet's Cartoons - as 14 suspects face trial. French government is on the edge, as the risk of terror attacks remains high.

Gravitas: 5 years after attack, Charlie Hebdo reprints Prophet's cartoons

Charlie Hebdo attack brought to light Europe's widening divide. The issue goes beyond clashes between freedom of expression & religious views

Gravitas: Europe's deepening divide

Islam prohibits depicting the Prophet Mohammed. But European Publications have triggered many violent flashpoints - after publishing the cartoons of the Prophet.

Gravitas: Depicting the Prophet in Images: Religion vs Freedom of Speech

Five years ago, France witnessed the worst terror attack in at least two decades. The target was a magazine Charlie Hebdo. It published cartoons of the prophet Mohammed.

France on alert as Charlie Hebdo reprints prophet Mohammad's caricature

There was a giant cake, music and dancing in a retirement home in southern France on Tuesday (September 1), as one of its pensioners marked her 104th birthday.

Champagne, music and no COVID-19: French care home resident celebrates 104th birthday

French President Emmanuel Macron met his Iraqi counterpart Wednesday on his first official visit to Baghdad, where he insisted the war-scarred country should reassert its "sovereignty" despite simmering US-Iran tensions.

French President Macron backs Iraq 'sovereignty' on first Baghdad visit

On Jan. 7, 2015, the Kouachi brothers went on a killing spree in the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, whose satire on race, religion and politics tested the limits of what society would accept in the name of free speech.

Trial of suspected Charlie Hebdo attack accomplices begins

Millions of kids will attend schools in new academic year from September as countries like France, Spain & US are looking at reopening amid Coronavirus pandemic. Several months long closure has widened educational gap.

Back to school in times of pandemic, France, Spain & US look at reopening

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Lebanon on early hours of Tuesday as Lebanese political parties reached consensus on the next Prime Minister of Lebanon.

French President Macron arrives in Lebanon as Mustapha Adib named next PM

The trial for the January 2015 attacks on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, police officers and a kosher supermarket opens in a Paris court Wednesday

5 years on, France to try suspects in Charlie Hebdo killings

A French woman was arrested after she made what was called a 'nude' video at Lakshman Jhoola, a place sacred in Hinduism. The woman is currently out on bail. She was approached by the police on August 27 in Uttarakhand.

Frenchwoman arrested for making 'nude' video on Lakshman Jhoola, the Holy bridge on river Ganga

French government condemned an "arbitrary" crackdown against the media in Belarus on Sunday after the accreditation of several journalists working for foreign media was withdrawn in the wake of disputed presidential elections.

France slams 'arbitrary' crackdown on media in Belarus

French defence minister Florence Parly on Sunday said that the government is investigating a senior military officer over a "security breach". This came following a report of the person spying for Russia.

French government investigates senior military officer over 'security breach'

France on Friday said that it regretted Russia's lack of "transparency" in the case of suspected poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who is in a medically-induced coma in a Berlin hospital.

France regrets Russia's lack of 'transparency' over Navalny poisoning case

Born on August 25, 1970, Claudia Schiffer was spotted in a nightclub aged 17 and rose to supermodel status in the 1990s. Initially scouted for her likeness to Brigitte Bardot, she quickly joined the supermodel elite alongside Linda Evangelista, Elle Macpherson, Christy Turlington and Naomi Campbell.

Supermodel Claudia Schiffer turns 50

Turkey said Wednesday it had conducted exercises with a US navy destroyer in the eastern Mediterranean, hours after its rival Greece began war games with France and EU allies nearby.

Turkey says conducted Mediterranean exercise with US

German tourists had to cut short their summer holidays in the picturesque Paris and Cote d'Azur regions this week as Germany announced new travel restrictions for those returning from the French tourist destinations.

Holidays cut short for German tourists as Paris, Cote d'Azur labeled hot spots

Facebook on Tuesday said it is speeding up plans to go international with a news tab feature that involves paying publishers for stories delivered through the leading social network.

Facebook News feature to expand in India, Brazil, UK and other countries

A resport in a Southern French city, also known as the 'Nudist City', has become the recent COVID-19 hotspot in the country after hundreds of people tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

World's largest 'nudist' resort becomes COVID-19 hotspot after hundreds test positive

French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday vowed that everything would be done to find out who defaced a memorial for one of the worst single massacres in France by the Nazis during World War II.

Outrage in France after graffiti denying the Holocaust found at massacre site

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