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It passed five metres under the plane's left wing as it was at 1,600 metres altitude on its approach to the airport

Fisherman manage to fight off a shark with their bare hands

PM Manuel Valls criticised an attempt to derail talks about unemployment insurance

Shortly after the November 13 attacks in Paris, Islamic State group issued threats against French schools

The film follows Sam, a Franco-Algerian journalist who is researching extremism and goes undercover at a mosque

A poll shows that 87 percent of voters had an unfavourable opinion of Hollande's four years at the helm

Manuel Valls also claims most French people think Islam is incompatible with values of Republic

Visiting senators discuss war on terror, trade, secular values

Flamant's daughters are not interested in taking over the business, had been trying to sell it for the past two years

France also urged the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to follow suit

Under French law, the offence of rape covers any act of penetration

Speaking at a roundtable on extremism in Paris, the premier warned that Salafists were winning in France

At least 19 people were murdered in and around Marseilles last year, compared to 18 in 2014 and 17 in 2014

The development is part of a joint investigation by France and Belgium, says prosecutor

Laurence Rossignol compared veiled women to 'negroes who supported slavery'

While France bans face-covering veils, some of its big fashion houses are among first to embrace Muslim-specific style

French national Reda Kriket, 34, was arrested near Paris last week in a police raid on his apartment

The minibus was travelling from Switzerland to Portugal when the accident happened just before midnight

The case of BSE was detected in northeastern region of Ardennes, near Belgian border

Former French president says US Republican frontrunner does not deserve as much attention as he gets

Nearly one third of French Internet users run ad blocking software

The striking union representing around a fifth of air traffic controllers is campaigning against job cuts

Abdeslam is believed to be the last surviving member of the 10-man extremist team that carried out the Paris attacks

I think that when we sign the code of ethics to be part of national team we must respect it, says Patrick Kanner

However, 44 per cent say they will vote to stay in if one is held

The dentist ripped out healthy teeth and left dozens of patients in a remote village with broken jaws

In France more than 86,000 women a year are victims of rape or attempted rape, but only 13 percent complain to police

Founded in 1912, it had an A-list clientele including Marlene Dietrich, Maurice Chevalier, Edith Piaf, Josephine Baker

Skeletons at a medieval site at Nimes were found facing Makkah and their paternal lineage was North African

The 45-year-old in Aubervilliers, northeast of Paris, initially said a man had burst into his classroom and cut him

The state wants to eventually reduce the population of the Jungle to 2,000 people

France remains extremely concerned by the dangerous escalation of the conflict

He has repeatedly denied knowledge of dual accounting and some 18 million euros in false invoices

Together, the four power plants supply electricity to about one quarter of homes in Britain

Paulette Olivier and Simone Thiot are happy to pose for the camera at their retirement home in Onzain, central France

'This hyper-terrorism is here to stay' French Prime Minister Manuel Valls

The move is expected to trigger a wider government reshuffle

The 63-year-old faces up to seven years in jail and two million euros ($2.2 million) in fines if found guilty

Around 20 planes took part in the raid, including French Rafale fighters

The shop, in the centre of the resort town of Propriano, was "hit with a torrent of heavy-weapons fire

Disneyland Paris said the guns were picked up by routine scanning of the man's bags at the hotel entrance

The results of the poll carried out by Ipsos paint a picture of prejudice, distrust and division

The premiers were joined by their interior, justice ministers, military representatives and intelligence services

Cuban leader is due to receive grand welcome by Hollande under Arc de Triomphe at top of Champs Elysees avenue

Rare pardon granted by Hollande amounts to reduction of her sentence that will allow her to leave prison in mid-April

Benoit Violier, whose renowned three-star restaurant in a small Swiss town is seen as the world's best

Two Israeli cabinet ministers, both allies of Prime Minister Netanyahu, said Israel should boycott the meeting

Thomas Fabius in connection with fraud, tax laundering, breach of trust and misuse of corporate assets

The Cuban leader arrived in Paris on Saturday, two days ahead of the start of the official programme

US-led efforts to broker peace for a two-state solution collapsed in April 2014, no efforts to resume talks since then