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Egypt

Hollande raises issue of human rights in Egypt

French President Francois Hollande has raised the issue of human rights on his visit to Egypt. The French leader is in the country to witness the

Iran

Air France resumes direct Paris-Tehran route after tempestuous build-up

After a tempestuous build-up, the first direct Air France Paris-Tehran flight in eight years has safely landed in the Iranian capital. Air France has

Iran

Direct flights resume between Paris and Tehran

Connection has been suspended since 2008

Lebanon

Hollande wraps up Lebanon trip with visit to Syrians due to be resettled in France

The second and final day of the French president’s visit to Lebanon took him to the Bekaa Valley camp for Syrians, in the east of the country

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Lebanon

French President kicks off middle east tour in Lebanon

Francois Hollande begins his four-day regional visit by talking arms and refugees in Beirut

France

"Up all Night" protest once more ends in violence in Paris

Police use tear gas, more than 20 people arrested

My Europe Series

Locked up in hell - inside Europe's prisons

Inside Europe's crumbling and overcrowded prisons: where suicide is for some the only way out.

My Europe Series

Silent screaming - suicides and meds blight French prisons

Suicide rates in French prisons are almost double the European average. The latest data from the Council of Europe, in a report published in December

Cinema

'Being 17' an accurate portrayal of adolescent attraction

Damien and Tom are two 17-year-old students they are complete opposites. One is the son of a helicopter pilot, the other a farmer. They live in a

France

Hollande defends labour reforms amid ongoing street protests

Dozens of people have been arrested on the margins of a protest in Paris over planned labour reforms

Culture news

Painting found in French attic could be 120m euro Caravaggio

It was a chance discovery, made by a family looking for a leak in their attic. But is a painting found in the French city of Toulouse the work of

World News

Lawsuit filed against US flight school over Germanwings crash

The flight training school in Arizona is a unit of the Germanwings parent company Lufthansa

France

Spanish police arrest suspected Paris supermarket gunman 'arms supplier'

Spanish police have arrested a French man suspected of supplying weapons used by an Islamist militant in an attack on a Paris supermarket . Two other

France

France to send extra police to deal with Mayotte unrest

It comes on the back of two weeks of social unrest on the French island.

Sport

Benzema dropped from France's Euro 2016 squad

Real Madrid and France striker Karim Benzema will not be going to the Euro 2016 tournament. The player tweeted he would be missing out ahead of the

France

Spain: police arrest French 'arms supplier' to Paris supermarket gunman

Spanish police have arrested a French man suspected of supplying weapons to the Islamist militant who attacked a Paris supermarket. The siege in

France

Necessary but not sufficient - victims react to French Catholic Church's pledge

News of special groups to listen to complaints has met with a mixed reaction

World News

French Catholic Church announces new measures to deal with cases of paedophilia

Mired in scandal involving a cover-up of child sex abuse bishops announced that special groups would be set up to listen to the victims.

Belgium

Paris-Brussels attacks: New developments in terror probes

Police investigating the Paris terror attacks in November are questioning three people…in Brussels. It follows a house search there, in the southern

Business Series

Luxury goods retailer LVMH sees shares fall after sales fail to hit targets

French luxury retailer LVMH saw a fall in shares after it posted first quarter sales below forecasts. LVMH owns more than 60 luxury brands including

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