Tag: France

Southwest France swelters under a heat wave as fire crews guard smoldering vineyards

PARIS (AP) — A blistering heatwave gripped southwest France on Monday, sending thermometers soaring to 43 degrees Celsius…

‘Challenging day’ for firefighters battling huge blaze in France

Firefighters tackling a massive wildfire in southern France face a "challenging day" with officials warning on Sunday that…

The Paris office of Israeli airline El Al is vandalized with graffiti

PARIS (AP) — Israeli airline El Al said Thursday that its Paris office was vandalized with anti-Israel graffiti,…

France to tighten visa rules for Algerian diplomats as deportation dispute escalates

PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday has asked his government to tighten visa requirements on Algerian…

One dead, nine injured in huge France wildfire

Hundreds of firefighters on Wednesday battled to halt the spread of a wildfire in southern France that has…

Lavish ‘Grand Mariage’ weddings celebrate Comoros tradition, society

It is wedding season in the Comoros, when the diaspora return to the tiny Indian Ocean islands for…

UK-France migrant returns deal takes effect

A "one-in, one-out" deal in which Britain can return some migrants who cross the Channel in small boats…

France and Saudis vow to keep up momentum for ‘two-state solution’ to Israel-Palestinian conflict

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — After decades of inaction and frozen negotiations, the issue of an independent Palestinian state…

France to deport Palestinian woman over antisemitic post featuring Hitler, halts Gaza evacuations

France is halting all evacuations of Gazans fleeing the war-torn enclave amid growing outrage over a Palestinian student…