Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has emphasized the need for Turkey-EU relations to return to the pre-Sarkozy era, highlighting the importance of a merit-based membership path for Turkey to become a more effective regional power in partnership with Europe.
A look back at the key events that shaped 2024, from political uprisings to natural disasters.
The main suspect in a criminal case, Dominique Pelicot, has accepted a 20-year prison sentence, whereas seventeen other convicted individuals have decided to appeal against their verdicts.
Around 800,000 people in the southeast of France are experiencing a loss of mobile phone services and limited television reception due to a suspected act of sabotage on a communication tower near Lyon.
A bus accident in Norway has led to the death of at least three people and left several others critically injured. The bus, carrying passengers from eight different countries, slid down a hill and partially landed in a lake due to bad weather conditions.
Two separate incidents in Austrian Tyrol and Italian Vierschach resulted in fatalities due to avalanches on the day after Christmas.
A 14-year-old skier tragically lost his life in a skiing accident in France when he and six others were caught in an avalanche while skiing off-piste.
Pope Francis urges for a Christmas truce in ongoing conflicts around the world, recalling historical examples of spontaneous ceasefires during the festive season.
A French court on Friday imposed heavy sentences on multiple men for their role in the jihadist beheading of teacher Samuel Paty in 2020, a murder that deeply shocked France.
The European Commission is assisting Mayotte and African countries like Mozambique affected by cyclone Chido. Belgium, Germany, Italy, and Sweden have offered tents and other goods at the request of France.
Dominique Pelicot and 51 accomplices are set to receive their sentences in the high-profile rape case of Gisèle Pelicot, a case that has shocked France.
Recent footage emerged showing Belgian serial killer and rapist Marc Dutroux being pelted in Nivelles prison, where he is currently serving a life sentence.
A shocking case in Avignon reveals how Dominique Pelicot drugged his wife Gisèle Pelicot for nearly a decade to allow himself and other men to rape her, as the trial continues with 51 other defendants.
The island of Mayotte is facing a devastating aftermath following a powerful cyclone that has left thousands homeless and in need of urgent assistance.
A French man who admitted to allowing his drugged wife to be raped by strangers has asked for forgiveness during his closing statement in court.
A man has been arrested in Northern France for allegedly shooting and killing five people at and near a migrant camp. The bodies of two security guards and two migrants were discovered in Loon-Plage, near Dunkirk. Another victim's body was found in Wormhout, about 5 kilometers south.
A rare lunar phenomenon is set to occur on Sunday as the full moon will 'wobble' due to a celestial event that happens once every 18.6 years. Find out more about what astronomers are looking for at Stonehenge.
French President Macron appoints the political veteran François Bayrou as the new Prime Minister of France to lead the country out of a political crisis and impasse.
Residents of Rovaniemi, the capital of Finnish Lapland, are expressing concerns over the rapid growth in tourism, particularly around the Christmas season.
President Donald Trump has chosen Kimberly Guilfoyle, the 55-year-old lawyer and former Fox News presenter, as the next ambassador to Greece.
Sixteen EU countries have asked the European Commission to come up with a new proposal in the coming months for taxing tobacco products in the EU, including electronic cigarettes and vapes.
World leaders gather under heavy security for the reopening of Notre-Dame in Paris, five years after a devastating fire destroyed the iconic cathedral.
The French Socialist Party (PS) has expressed its willingness to engage in talks with the presidential camp and the right to form a new government based on mutual concessions.
Russian woman managed to bypass all security checks at the New York airport and board a flight to Paris, where she was subsequently arrested.
French President Emmanuel Macron announces that he will not step down and will soon reveal the name of a new prime minister to lead a government that may involve other parties. Macron's top priority is to create a new budget following the fall of the government under Michel Barnier. Macron addresses the situation in a television speech.
The father of baby Santiago, who was kidnapped by his parents just seventeen days after birth in Paris, has been handed over to France by Dutch authorities.
France is once again in a state of political chaos following the fall of the Barnier cabinet after a vote of no confidence. The left-wing coalition Nouveau Front Populaire (NFP) and the far-right party Rassemblement National (RN) disagreed with the billions of euros in budget cuts deemed necessary by Barnier to reduce the budget deficit and national debt.
AAP Foundation rescues twelve lions, including nine cubs, from a French circus where they were kept locked in circus wagons in violation of French law.
A mysterious plane stowaway, who hopped from toilet to toilet on a Delta Airlines flight and was escorted off at Charles de Gaulle, claims to have been poisoned by the Russian secret service.
At least two people have died and dozens are injured in an accident involving a Spanish bus in the southwestern part of France. The bus collided with a cliff on a mountain road near Andorra, in the ski resort of Porté-Puymorens.
