The French government on Thursday summoned the head of the Orange telecom operator after a network outage that left people unable to reach emergency services.
A wildfire fanned by soaring temperatures tore through a pine forest in southwestern France on Thursday, burning down at least one house and forcing dozens to flee their homes.
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has confirmed plans to extend the state of emergency that was put in place on the day of the November terror attacks last year.
The French government confirmed on Wednesday that the state of emergency that has been in place since the night of November 13th will end on July 26th. But what will happened in reality?
France's parliament confirmed on Thursday a two-month extension of the state of emergency that has been in place since November's jihadist attacks to cover the Euro 2016 football tournament and Tour de France.
France's parliament voted on Tuesday to extend a state of emergency in place since November's jihadist attacks to the end of July to cover the Euro 2016 football tournament and Tour de France.
The French Prime Minister Manuel Valls announced on Wednesday that the government plans to extend the state of emergency, which has been in place since the November Paris attacks, until after the Euro 2016 football championships and the Tour de France.
The French president’s climb down on his plan to strip terrorists of French nationality and enshrine draconian police powers in the constitution was the right one, even if it was motivated by self-preservation, writes Ben McPartland.
It's been more than three months since the terror attacks and the state of emergency has been extended again. But there's no reason to be scared, writes Oliver Gee.
Thousands of people marched through Paris and in other French cities on Saturday to decry the proposed extension of a state of emergency imposed after the November Paris attacks.
"The president confirmed to us that several texts would be presented to cabinet on February 3, including for a three-month extension of the state of emergency," said Pierre Laurent, national secretary of the Communist Party following talks with Hollande at the Elysee Palace.
You need to have a decent memory to know all the different emergency numbers in France and that's just for the police, firemen and ambulance crews. But thankfully things could soon change.
A Paris-bound Air France flight from Mumbai was forced to make an emergency landing in the Indian city on Monday after developing an engine problem, the airline and airport said.
<p>Two brothers have been sentenced to eight months in jail after blocking an ambulance which was rushing a 7-year-old to hospital near Paris. One of the pair blamed his actions on the fact that he hadn't had his first coffee and cigarette of the day.</p>
