The Latest Breaking News from France

Michelin factory workers burnt tyres in western France on Tuesday and vowed to stage a strike after the tyre company said it would close two plants by early 2026 over collapsing sales.

Team owner 'disappointed' to lose Tour de France Femmes stage winner one year before planned end of contract

French and Dutch authorities raided streaming giant Netflix's offices in Paris and Amsterdam Tuesday as part of a tax fraud probe, a judicial source told AFP. The search of "various locations" in France by specialist financial investigators relates to suspicions of "covering up serious tax fraud and off-the-books work" and…

Listen, as reliable and dependable as our motorcycles are, the fact remains that these things are machines, and machines break down. I’m sure pretty much all motorcyclists have experienced being stranded—with some more than others depending on the bikes they choose.Usually, it’s as simple as ringing up a buddy with…

A court in northern France is preparing to announce verdicts in a major trial of people accused of participating in the lucrative and often deadly trade of smuggling migrants between France and the U.K. The 18 defendants were swept up in a major European police operation in July 2022

France's foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot is due in Israel and the Palestinian Territories seeking to press Israel to engage diplomatically to end the conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon after the US presidential election is over.

Large majorities in seven countries condemn 7 October attacks – but most common view is Israel’s response in Gaza is also unjustified

President congratulates Kamel Daoud and Gaël Faye for books responding to violence in Algeria and Rwanda

Seven families have filed a joint legal complaint against TikTok in France, accusing the video platform of exposing their teenage children to content about suicide, self-harm, eating disorders and other mental health problems that they argue encouraged them to hurt themselves.

French-Algerian writer Kamel Daoud on Monday won France's top literary prize, the Goncourt, for a novel set during Algeria's civil war between the government and Islamists in the 1990s. His main rival was Burundi-born Gaël Faye, who was Monday handed the prix Renaudot, another coveted prize.

France's foreign trade minister has said the window for negotiation with Beijing over tariffs on European brandy remains open but warned Paris could take "all possible measures" in response.