Thousands of tourists are evacuated from Notre Dame cathedral in Paris after a far-right historian, who recently campaigned against France same-sex marriage law, commits suicide at the altar.
French police are questioning a 48-year-old divorced Briton arrested on suspicion of slitting the throats of his two young children, according to officials.
The French president marks a year in office with a rare press conference. But with France entering recession and his popularity at an all-time low, it may not be the happiest of anniversaries.
by Asha Tanna
Checks 'could have prevented' PIP breast implant scandal
Health experts concede that if proper checks and tougher regulations were in place, the PIP breast implant scandal might not have affected so many women.
French President Francois Hollande denounces a car bomb attack on his country's embassy in Libya as an attack not only on France, but on all countries fighting terrorism.
As five executives from French company PIP that made substandard breast implants go on trial for alleged fraud, three hundred women involved in the case attend court.
One man is dead after a coach carrying British ski resort staff crashed on its way down the mountain in the French Alps.
France confirms "with certainty" that the al-Qaeda-linked North African warlord Abou Zeid was killed in combat with French troops in Mali in February.
A British man, 48, and his 12-year-old son who died near Mont Blanc after a steep fall in the French Alps have been named.
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In the two years since Syria's armed uprising began, 70,000 have lost their lives - yet Europe remains deeply divided over whether to arm the rebels trying to overthrow President Assad.
