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Yemen: France evacuates 44, as pro-government forces announce progress

In Yemen: France evacuates 44 people from Balhaf, as the Saudi-led coalition announces progress in the fight against Houthi rebels in Aden.

France

EU warned Germany over safety control 'before Germanwings crash'

It has been revealed that a European regulator found “issues” with Germany’s aviation authority over safety enforcement – reportedly before the

France

France cracks down on anorexia

France’s lower house of parliament has passed a widely-debated bill banning “excessively thin” fashion models. Under the new draft law, agencies and

France

French government praises 'solidarity' in Alps following Germanwings crash

France's Interior Minister praises residents of the French Alps for their solidarity following last week's deadly Germanwings crash.

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France

Germanwings co-pilot Lubitz 'sped up' plane, say investigators

Analysts say a study of data from the second black box, recovered after last week's passenger plane crash in the French Alps, reveals co-pilot Andreas Lubitz manipulated the autopilot to reduce the ai

France

French investigators "reasonably hopeful" second flight recorder contains vital evidence

French investigators say there is “reasonable hope” that the recovery of a second black box data recorder can provide vital evidence about the demise

France

Three skiers killed in avalanche in French Alps

Three skiiers have been killed in an avalanche in the French Alps. It happened in the Ecrins mountain range, more than 3,000 metres above sea level

France

Don't ask about the co-pilot: Lufthansa boss refuses questions at Alps crash site

The head of Germanwings and the boss of parent company Lufthansa have visited the scene of the French Alps crash

Germany

Lufthansa's claim of 100% pilot fitness jars credibility

Germany’s airline Lufthansa, parent company for several other airlines as well, is trying to recover and stabilise its credibility in the aftermath

France

Controversy over footage recovered from Germanwings plane crash

French magazine Paris Match and German daily Bild report that a cellphone video found in the Germanwings wreckage shows the flight's last moments

France

Germanwings and Lufthansa bosses refuse questions about co-pilot during visit to crash site

Just over a week after the Germanwings plane crash, the airline boss and head of parent company Lufthansa visit the scene

France

Lufthansa under pressure over revelations about co-pilot's medical history

Pressure is mounting on Lufthansa, the parent company of Germanwings, over what it knew about the co-pilot before last week’s plane crash in the

Germany

Lufthansa knew that co-pilot Andreas Lubitz had suffered severe depression

Lufthansa now says that co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, who crashed a plane in the French Alps last week – killing 150 people – told its flight training

France

"I hope I never return to a locked door": Pilot who foresaw Germanwings crash

France

German police make progress in profiling of Andreas Lubitz

As a video emerges of the co-pilot of the ill-fated Germanwings jet, officials say they are making progress in piecing together his background one

World

French conservatives deliver Socialists sharp slap in local polls

Fans of France’s ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy threw out a cheer after the centre-right UMP party he leads looked to have won some two thirds of the

France

Germanwings crash: Co-pilot Lubitz had 'suicidal tendencies'

“Suicidal tendencies”. The chilling words were pronounced by a German prosecutor on Monday, giving another insight into the troubled mind of co-pilot

France

France's conservatives make huge gains in local elections

France’s centre-right party and its allies are celebrating a resounding victory in the country’s local elections. Some papers are saying its a major

France

Legendary Italian actor Toni Servillo on stage in world tour

Best known for playing the lead in Paolo Sorrentino’s Oscar-winning ‘La Grande Bellezza’, Italian acting legend Toni Servillo is currently on a

France

Lufthansa fears second Germanwings black box may never be found

The German airline Lufthansa says it fears the flight data recorder from the Germanwings disaster may never be found. A manager has told a German