French police detained more than 700 people involved in violent clashes in Paris and other French cities that erupted Saturday night after soccer team Paris Saint-Germain won the Champions League title.

Norway will open talks with France on boosting cooperation around French ‌nuclear deterrence activities, President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said on Wednesday, reflecting growing European concern about reliance on U.

France's weather service warned Saturday that strong storms could mark the end of a record-breaking heat wave blamed for a number of deaths across northern Europe.

French President Emmanuel Macron says that “nothing justifies the major escalation underway in south Lebanon,” where Israeli forces have pushed deeper into the country in a renewed offensive against Hezbollah.

On Thursday, the lower house of parliament voted to wipe it from French law. The National Assembly voted 254-0 — a rare show of unanimity — to adopt a bill repealing Code Noir, or Black Code, the 1685 decree King Louis XIV signed to govern slaves across France’s colonies.

France enters with Kylian Mbappé as the star player, with the 26-year-old just five goals shy of passing Miroslav Klose (16) for the most career goals at the World Cup. France has made 16 previous World Cup appearances and won the title twice, in 1998 and 2018.

By bne Gulf bureau France has requested an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council after Israeli forces seized the medieval Beaufort castle in southern Lebanon, the French foreign minister said,

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