Airlines around the world including low-cost carrier easyJet, rushed to implement a new rule that two crew members must be in the cockpit at all times. It follows revelations that the co-pilot of the doomed Germanwings plane deliberately crashed the aircraft.
France is investigating how a man with a previous conviction for possessing child pornography ended up becoming a primary headteacher, who went on to rape several pupils in the school.
UPDATED: French air investigators were examinining a black box recorder to find out why a Germanwings A380 plane crashed in the French Alps on Tuesday, killing 150 people on board. The airline says it's working on the theory the disaster was "an accident".
A technical fault, pilot error, or an act of terror -- there are many theories over the mysterious crash of the Germanwings Airbus A320 in the French Alps on Tuesday that killed 150 people.
The French are showing unrivalled support for the far right National Front ahead of Sunday's regional elections, with one expert warning that the rise in support is just the beginning for party leader Marine Le Pen.
Friday's solar eclipse might just be, well, eclipsed by another natural phenomenon when the French coast is hit by the "tide of the century" on Saturday, with waters set to rise by a staggering 15 metres in some parts.
French lawmakers have rejected a proposal that would have seen ultra-skinny models banned from the catwalks of fashion-crazy France. However the MP behind the planned law has vowed the fight is not over.
There was a significant victory for animal rights capaigners in France on Wednesday when the country's parliament officially recognised animals as "living, sentient beings" rather than just pieces of "furniture".
Chanel's haute couture view of the coming spring-summer season, revealed on Tuesday, is distinctly storybook -- but with midriff-baring outfits proudly declaring that "the stomach is the new cleavage".
UPDATED: France’s justice minister said on Tuesday the country's culture demanded punishment, not 'de-radicalization', for returning jihadists, and denied French courts had trampled on freedom of speech in the aftermath of the Paris terror attacks.
UPDATED: The death of a ninth French national was confirmed late on Tuesday morning, as the the death toll rises to eleven after a Greek fighter jet crashed at a military base in Spain on Monday.
There were twice as many anti-Semitic incidents recorded in France in 2014 compared to the year before, the country's main Jewish group announced on Tuesday.
Both the far left and the far right in France proclaimed the victory of Alexis Tsipras and anti-austerity radical left party Syriza in the Greek elections on Sunday.
President François Hollande has seen his popularity ratings leap by a record margin in the aftermath of the Paris terror attacks, as the nation salutes him for the way he has handled the crisis. His PM Manuel Valls has also seen a boost in his ratings.
Under-fire US television network Fox News has apologized several times for claiming there are "totally Muslim" no-go zones in Europe, comments that aired on the station following deadly attacks in France.
The attacks in Paris and the radical Islamist cell dismantled in Brussels have challenged the idea of the "lone wolf" terrorist who works alone, without the help of a jihadist organisation, analysts said.
Marine Le Pen, the leader of France's far-right National Front party says Muslims themselves must help France fight Islamist terrorism and has called for more immigration restrictions and for jihadists to be stripped of their French citizenship.
US Secretary of state John Kerry has apologized to France for not attending a massive rally in Paris after a spate of Islamist militant attacks, alongside other world leaders, France's foreign minister said Friday.
The latest controversial cover of French satire mag Charlie Hebdo will feature the Prophet Muhammad in tears, holding a sign that says "I am Charlie". The Local looks at how members of Muslim community in Paris and beyond have reacted.
Four people died and two other people were still missing on Friday after a heavy storm triggered flash flooding in southeastern France, the government said. Weather warnings were in place for some 14 departments in the region.
At least five people were killed as storms lashed southern France between Friday and Saturday, including a mother and her two young sons after their car was swept away in severe floods. Killer storms were also reported in Italy and Switzerland.
French officials on Friday scaled down a frantic hunt for a mysterious big cat prowling on the outskirts of Paris after scotching earlier fears it was a tiger.
UPDATED: French authorities searching for a mysterious big cat spotted prowling around a town on the outskirts of Paris revealed on Friday it was unlikely to be a tiger as initially suspected.
