Performers on horseback roamed around a Paris train station on Sunday (July 21), passing through a waiting bar and performing stunts to the delight of hundreds of passengers.

Performers on horseback surprise passengers at Paris train station

France celebrated the Bastille day in a grand fashion with hi-tech innovations. It even demonstrated its military prowess. But it is a soldier who has stolen the show. A French soldier flew over the Bastille Day celebrations in Paris and has shared the exclusive GoPro footage of his feat too. Take a look.

Gravitas: A Bird's Eye View Of The Bastille Day Celebrations

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French President Macron Presides Over Military Parade As The Country Celebrates Bastille Day One of the most significant days in the French Calendar. France celebrates Bastille day to mark the historic storming of the Bastille fortress-prison in 1789. Amidst the grand celebrations, there were also clashes between the police and yellow vest protesters. Here's a report

Gravitas: France's Bastille day celebrations

A senior French cabinet minister and close ally of President Emmanuel Macron resigned on Tuesday after reports accused him of extravagant state-funded lobster dinners and misusing public housing in a blow to the centrist government.

French minister resigns after lobster dinner scandal

France's environment minister Francois de Rugy on Tuesday said he was resigning after reports accusing him of extravagant spending, including on luxury dinners, but lashed out at what he described as a "media lynching.

'I don't like lobsters': French minister Francois de Rugy resigns over luxury dinners scandal

A Franco-Iranian academic based at a prestigious Paris university has been arrested in Iran and denied contact with consular staff, the French foreign ministry said Monday.

France says Franco-Iranian academic arrested in Iran

Thousands of troops paraded as France celebrated Bastille Day on Sunday. President Emmanuel Macron presided over the annual military parade as warplanes flew over Paris. Watch this video to know more.

France's Bastille Day celebrations: Macron presides over military parade

France to unveil nuclear-powered 'Barracuda' class submarine

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered an investigation into France's planned tax on technology companies, a probe that could lead to the United States imposing new tariffs or other trade restrictions.

Trump administration 'very concerned' over French plan to tax US tech companies

Home-made explosives found on the day the Tour de France was launched in Brussels belonged to an "unstable" former Russian soldier who died in 2011, prosecutors said Thursday.

Explosives found in Brussels belonged to ex-Russian soldier: Official

The new tax would be retrospectively applied from early 2019, and is expected to raise about €400m ($450m; £360m) this year. Any digital company with revenue of more than €750m - of which at least €25m is generated in France - would be subject to the tax.

US launches inquiry into French plan to tax tech giants

A French man at the centre of a bitter row over right-to-die legislation passed away in hospital on Thursday more than a week after doctors removed his hydration and nutrition tubes, his family told AFP.

Brain-damaged French patient dies after doctors remove life support: Family

On June 22, 1944, in the middle of the historic Normandy campaign when the allies were fighting the Germans on a French beach, Indian troops fighting for the British Commonwealth handed Japan their biggest defeat until then in the twin battles of Imphal & Kohima in World War II.

Battle of Imphal & Kohima: India’s D-Day revisited

The French government is to impose a tax of up to 18 euros ($20) on plane tickets for all flights from airports in France to fund less-polluting transportation projects, a minister said Tuesday.

​France to introduce eco-tax on airline tickets

France to impose green tax on plane tickets

Paris St Germain sporting director Leonardo says Neymar is free to leave the French champions but there have been no offers for him and only "superficial" talks with his former club Barcelona.

Neymar can leave PSG if we get an offer, says club director Leonardo

Germany's biggest lender Deutsche Bank said Sunday it would cut 18,000 jobs by 2022, as the former leading light of the country's financial sector looks to escape years of turmoil.

Deutsche Bank to slash 18,000 jobs by 2022

Belgian police are investigating the discovery of home-made explosives, knives and brass knuckles, but nothing immediately points to an attack plot, including against the Tour de France, prosecutors said Monday.

Explosives found in Brussels, no sign Tour de France targeted: Prosecutors

Ukraine's recently elected President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday offered to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for their first talks, calling for Western leaders to mediate.

Let's do it: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky offers to meet Russia's Vladimir Putin for first talks

The European Union said Monday it was "extremely concerned" by Iranian plans to breach the uranium enrichment cap set by the 2015 nuclear deal, calling on Tehran to reverse course.

European Union 'strongly urges' Iran to stop nuclear enrichment

The French government will not trigger the Iran nuclear deal's dispute resolution mechanism for now, instead giving itself one week to try to get all parties talking again after Iran decided to enrich uranium above limits agreed in 2015.

France says it will not launch dispute resolution for Iran nuclear deal

French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday told his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani of his "strong concern over the risk of weakening the nuclear agreement" and of the consequences that would follow, his office announced.

France, Iran to resume talks over nuclear deal and its consequences

Atletico Madrid have accused Barcelona and Antoine Griezmann of a "lack of respect" after the Catalan giants' president Josep Maria Bartomeu revealed on Friday that the two clubs had held talks about the signing of the France international.

Atletico Madrid accuse Barcelona, Antoine Griezmann for showing 'disrespect'

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