Just hours after meeting President Macron in Paris, India's Defence minister Rajnath Singh, who is on a three-day visit to France, travelled in a French military aircraft to Mérignac to receive the first Rafale fighter aircraft.

Rajnath Singh lands in Mérignac airport to receive Rafale fighter jet

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, France on Tuesday. According to reports, the meeting went on for over 30 minutes.

Bonjour Paris! Defence Minister Rajnath Singh meets French President Emmanuel Macron 

Thousands protest in Paris against Bill allowing single women, lesbians to conceive through IVF

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday, while leaving for France on a three-day visit, said he is looking forward to deepen ties with the country. "Leaving New Delhi for Paris on a three-day visit to France.

'Looking forward to deepen ties with France,' says Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

Thousands gathered in Paris on Sunday to protest the government's plan to let single women and lesbians become pregnant with fertility treatments, the country's first major social reform since France legalised gay marriage in 2013.

Thousands protest French IVF law for lesbians, single women

A staffer at Paris police headquarters who stabbed four colleagues to death seems to have adhered to "a radical vision of Islam", anti-terror prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard said Saturday.

Paris police attacker who stabbed four colleagues to death had 'radical vision of Islam': Anti-terror prosecutor

Investigators combed an IT staffer's computer Friday for clues as to why he stabbed four colleagues to death at police headquarters in Paris, as his wife said he had been "agitated" before going on the rampage with a kitchen knife.

Hunt for motive of staffer who killed four at Paris police Headquarters

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will visit France to receive Rafale fighter jets on October 8- The Air Force Day and Dussehra. Though the planes would officially be inducted into the Indian Air Force (IAF) with the Defence Minister's visit, they would start arriving in India only in May 2020 after re-fitment to Indian specifications and training of pilots and personnel.

Defence minister Rajnath Singh to visit France to receive Rafale jets on October 8

French carrier Air France will offset the carbon dioxide emissions of its 500-odd daily internal flights by 2020 at a cost of millions of euros, the company's CEO has announced.

Air France to offset daily CO2 emissions by next year

Thousands of French police officers demonstrated in Paris Wednesday for better working conditions, against the backdrop of a spike in suicides in the force and allegations of police brutality that have sapped morale.

'I see colleagues crying': Ailing French police force hit by officer protests

World leaders, past and present, stood in silence in Paris on Monday at a funeral service for Jacques Chirac, the French leader remembered at home for his folksy charisma and abroad for opposing the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

France's political class unites to honour Jacques Chirac at funeral service

A funeral service attended by dozens of world leaders began in Paris on Monday for France's former president Jacques Chirac, who died last week aged 86. President Vladimir Putin of Russia and former US leader Bill Clinton were among the mourners at Saint-Sulpice church in central Paris as France held a national day of mourning for its president who served from 1995-2007.

Funeral service for French ex-president Chirac begins

The French arm of bankrupt British tour operator Thomas Cook declared insolvency on Thursday and said it would apply for a judicial recovery procedure with the aim of finding a buyer.

Thomas Cook France declares insolvency

WION Wallet: France's Cannes to ban polluting cruise ships. Watch video to know more.

WION Wallet: France's Cannes to ban polluting cruise ships

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday that he believed that the conditions for the leaders of the United States and Iran to meet were now in place, but the ball was now in their court to make it happen.

Macron says Trump, Rouhani know conditions for talks, but up to them to deliver

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said France "cannot host everyone", intensifying his tough rhetoric on immigration. Macron had last week signalled a tougher line on immigration in the second half of his mandate, arguing the government must stop voters drifting to the far-right.

'France can't host everyone,' says Macron in new toughening of migration stance

France risks a shortage of frozen sperm if lawmakers approve new legislation that allows single women and lesbian couples access to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and abolishes the right of sperm and egg donors to keep their identities secret, clinicians said.

France may face sperm shortage under Macron plan to ease IVF rules

Google is not required to apply an EU "right to be forgotten" to its search engine domains outside Europe, the EU's top court ruled Tuesday in a landmark decision.

Google wins 'right to be forgotten' case against France's privacy watchdog

More than 7,000 police officers are to be deployed for rallies in Paris on Saturday over fears that yellow vest protesters and their radical, anarchist "black blocs" could try to infiltrate a march against climate change in the French capital.

Thousands of Paris police deployed over 'yellow vest' clash fears

Moving a step closer towards operating the Rafale combat aircraft, the Indian Air Force on Thursday received the first Rafale combat aircraft at the Dassault Aviation manufacturing facility.

IAF receives first Rafale combat aircraft in France

Used and abused, oceans key to fighting climate change

French President Emmanuel Macron has become the unlikely owner of a Teemu Pukki jersey, but he did not have to swap shirts with the Finnish striker who has emerged as the Premier League's standout player this season.

Teemu Pukki fever reaches France as Emmanuel Macron is gifted Finn's jersey

An F-16 fighter jet of the Belgian air force crashed Thursday in western France, with both pilots successfully ejecting but one spent two hours hanging from a power line before being cut down, officials said.

Pilot saved from power line after Belgian F-16 crashes in France

Facebook Inc unveiled new models of its Portal video chatting devices on Wednesday, making the company's first foray into TV streaming hardware but offering a limited selection of subscription services.

Facebook unveils new Portal video chat, TV streaming devices

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