French police say a piece of rail found on the line at Cléon was 'probably' what derailed Friday evening's regional train, and a malicious act is now the main line of inquiry. An 18-year-old woman was airlifted to hospital in critical condition.
Health Minister Stephanie Rist gave the figure Friday, covering the period through late July. The 2003 summer that shocked France had 22 heatwave days.
Boris Nadezhdin, barred as a 'foreign agent' from September's parliamentary elections, announced Monday that he has left Russia for France.
Scientists believed the black pigments were pure mineral oxides, making radiocarbon dating impossible. Two non-destructive techniques found charcoal running through the lines, and the samples came back with wildly different ages.
Madrid's regional president calls it the worst fire in the region's history, while France's interior minister says the evacuation around Bordeaux is probably the largest the country has carried out in peacetime.
A fast-moving blaze near Bordeaux emptied one of France's most fashionable summer retreats, with hundreds of vacationers ferried to safety by boat as Europe bakes in another heat wave.
WatchLawmakers approved a sweeping law that will block under-15s from platforms like TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram, with new accounts barred in September and existing ones deleted by January 2027.
A blaze in southwestern France claimed two firefighters’ lives while a fire in Spain’s Guadalajara province burned uncontrolled for a sixth day, forcing more than 1,200 people from their homes as extreme heat gripped the continent.
Nearly 7,600 troops, hundreds of European soldiers and dozens of aircraft filed down the Champs-Elysees in a display Paris cast as proof of 'Europe's strategic awakening' — Macron's final military parade as president.
Mikel Oyarzabal's first-half penalty and a second-half strike from Pedro Porro carried Spain into the 2026 final, where it will meet the winner of England and Argentina.
Four of soccer's heavyweights survived a dramatic knockout round on U.S. soil, setting up a blockbuster final four in Dallas and Atlanta ahead of the July 19 final in New Jersey.
A Paris appeals court convicted the far-right leader of embezzlement and ordered her to wear an electronic monitor, but Le Pen says she'll appeal to France's highest court and 'campaign without an electronic bracelet.'
The first expanded 48-team World Cup, co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico, reaches its final eight — beginning with a rematch of the 2022 semifinal between Kylian Mbappe's France and history-making Morocco.
WatchA Paris appeals court upheld Marine Le Pen's embezzlement conviction and ordered a year of electronic monitoring, yet trimmed her ban from public office just enough to clear a path to the 2027 ballot.
Two roadside bombs tore through central Damascus near the hotel where the French president had stayed, as Emmanuel Macron — the first Western leader in Syria since Assad's fall — met the country's new president.
French President Emmanuel Macron plans to travel to Damascus with a business delegation to meet President Ahmad al-Sharaa, a striking sign of Syria's rehabilitation two years after the ouster of Bashar Assad.
The French captain converted from the spot in the 70th minute in Philadelphia for his seventh goal of the tournament, as Paraguay bowed out after a bruising, ill-tempered round-of-16 clash.
Paris hit 40.9°C and the U.K. logged its hottest June day on record near 38°C as a Saharan heat dome pushed Spain and Portugal toward 44°C.
Paris Saint-Germain beat Arsenal in a Budapest penalty shootout for a second straight European title, but the celebrations turned deadly before a peaceful parade drew 100,000 to the Champ de Mars.
A Paris investigating judge from the crimes-against-humanity unit will now formally probe whether Mohammed bin Salman can be charged with torture and enforced disappearance over the 2018 murder of the Washington Post journalist, in the first European inquiry to target the de facto Saudi ruler.
Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé was arrested amid an inheritance dispute after reconnecting with and marrying a former G.I.
Britain is coordinating NATO allies and partner nations on escort missions through the critical oil chokepoint while publicly distancing itself from America's blockade-and-eliminate strategy.
A landmark summit in Lyon unveiled four global initiatives including rabies elimination and a unified H5N1 response framework.
New revelations detail how the convicted criminal spent his last days of freedom meeting with influential French figures, using a familiar playbook.
Macron says Trump cannot be taken seriously due to repeatedly changing objectives, also faults president for berating NATO allies.
The French AI startup secured the financing from a seven-bank consortium to deploy 13,800 Nvidia GB300 GPUs in Bruyères-le-Châtel, as Europe races to build sovereign AI infrastructure.
An improvised explosive device with 650 grams of powder was placed steps from the Champs-Élysées in what French intelligence described as 'the concretisation of the Iranian threat towards American interests in Europe.'
French anti-terrorism prosecutors arrested three suspects after a device containing five liters of fuel and 650 grams of explosive powder was placed outside the US bank's Champs-Élysées headquarters; investigators link the plot to Iranian proxy networks.
The secretary of state arrived in Caen with a blunt message for allied foreign ministers: if you want the Strait of Hormuz reopened, step up and help — but met a cool reception and demands for diplomacy.
Grégoire defeated conservative Rachida Dati 50.5% to 41% in Sunday's runoff, pledging to continue Paris's transformation into a greener, more pedestrian-friendly city.
The UK, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan, and Canada signed a joint statement expressing readiness to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but diplomatic sources confirmed none will deploy naval vessels — a gesture that analysts called a face-saving move to placate an enraged Trump.