A labyrinth of ancient chalk cellars stretches for miles beneath the surface of the Saint-Nicaise Hill, forming a subterranean city of sorts below Reims, France’s coronation capital where 33 kings ...

Along France's southern Atlantic coast, more than 2,500 firefighters are battling the largest wildfire to hit the country this year. It has already scorched an area four times the size of Paris in ...

As France battles what President Emmanuel Macron called the country's worst wave of wildfires since World War II, there is also concern about the impact on one of the nation's most prized industries.

Exhausted firefighters, foresters and volunteers wage ‘war of attrition’ against blaze that forced 200,000 people from their homes By noon it is time for a break. The temperature is about 35C, the ...

French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said on Thursday that the expulsion order issued against pro-Kremlin Russian commentator Xenia Fedorova did not constitute "an infringement of freedom of ...

During the past 20 years, Europe has seen an increase in the area of land burned annually. The worst wildfire year on record occurred in 2025, when more than 1 million hectares burned across the ...

Paris (France) (AFP) – AFP photo editor Maximilien Lamy was on holiday with his partner and daughter last week when he took a series of snapshots of vacationers in fire-struck southwest France with ...

PARIS — Out-of-control wildfires fueled by extreme heat and drought might seem unlikely electoral fodder for France’s far right. Marine Le Pen’s National Rally has spent years opposing green ...

Firefighters in France and Spain face another day battling wildfires, as another heatwave set to hit this week ‘It felt like being in a disaster movie’: inside the evacuation from France’s Bordeaux ...

A new Airbus passenger jet completed an ultra-long test flight between Australia and France lasting more than 24 hours—paving the way for the world’s longest nonstop commercial flights starting up ...

"I just got off the phone with my brothers, one on Telegram, the other on WhatsApp. The internet is working [in Russia]. There is no fuel shortage." These were the most recent updates that Xenia ...

Wildfires in Spain and France have caused mass evacuation and disruption, with more than 300,000 people forced to leave their homes and many sleeping in sports halls and other temporary shelters. An ...