The French probe into the Germanwings plane crashed into a mountainside by the co-pilot said Sunday "clearer rules" are required on when medical confidentiality can be lifted if pilots are found to have psychological issues.
A French court on Tuesday began a probe into the case of a mysterious shipwreck 11 years ago that the families of the five victims believe was caused by a Nato submarine.
The worst flooding in years in southern France has claimed five lives and forced more than 3,000 people to evacuate their homes, officials said Sunday.
A specialist tells The Local a big quake is due to hit south east region at some point in the future "and there will be fatalities". Locals should take heed.
A Ukrainian man who caused a fatal bus crash in southern France by grabbing the wheel from the driver, was suffering from delusional paranoia, and feared he was being transported to his death in Spain, officials said on Tuesday.
At least 10 people were killed over the weekend in road traffic accidents across France. In one case, a passenger-driver dispute caused a tourist bus to lose control in the south west of the country, which left two people dead.
Three people, reportedly including a brother and sister, have been killed after a plane carrying tourists crashed on Thursday in the town of Vertaizon in central France. The nationalities of the victims are not yet known.
A French prosecutor investigating a fatal bus crash in the Alps in which the British driver of the vehicle was killed and four passengers seriously injured said brake failure was the probable cause. The driver has been praised for his courage.
A hot air balloon exploded and plunged to earth at Egypt's ancient temple city of Luxor during a sunrise flight on Tuesday, killing up to 19 tourists. France has confirmed two of its citizens were among the dead.
France insisted Tuesday that a major gas leak - whose stench hit millions, reached the shores of England and caused a major soccer match to be cancelled - was entirely harmless.
