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US President Donald Trump talks with France’s President Emmanuel Macron at the G7 summit, June 15, 2026, in Evian-les-Bains, France. (AP Photo/ Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
July 30, 2026, 12:15 am
US mulls blocking France’s DC ambassador pick over social media spat – sources
US State Department says it was ‘disappointed’ by ‘disrespectful’ French government post criticizing Washington’s objection to UN human rights chief, whom Israel also opposes
By Gabriel Stargardter, Humeyra Pamuk, Gram Slattery and Andrea Shalal
Firefighters battle a wildfire in San Martin de Valdeiglesias, west of Madrid, Spain, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
July 27, 2026, 2:04 am
France, Spain battle ‘monster’ wildfires with another heatwave on the way
More than 325,000 people flee homes in southwest France and central Spain amid some of the worst forest fires in their countries’ history
By Lucas CROSET and Patrick MARKEY
French firefighters try to extinguish a wildfire near Saumos and Sainte-Hélène, northwest of Bordeaux. (Handout/SDIS33 - Caporal-chef Damien Rembert/AFP)
July 25, 2026, 3:48 pm
A quarter-million people flee their homes in France and Spain as wildfires burn
Parts of city of Bordeaux ordered to evacuate as raging blaze threatens city; France bringing in massive tankers to douse the flames
By MARK CARLSON, EMMA DA SILVA and John Leicester
Illustrative: An Iranian police officer stands guard in Tehran, Iran, April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
July 20, 2026, 9:50 pm
France says Iranian officers detained two of its diplomats, ‘physically abused’ one
Paris warns of ‘consequences’ for ‘extremely serious act of intimidation’ against French officials who, they say, oversee support for artists and scientists in Iran
By AFP and ToI Staff
Serge Klarsfeld, president of the Association of Sons and Daughters of Jewish Deportees from France, speaks at a ceremony commemorating the Jews who were rounded up at Vel d'Hiv in 1942 and deported to Nazi concentration and death camps, on July 19, 2026. (Screenshot via CNEWS on YouTube)
July 19, 2026, 3:50 pm
France commemorates 1942 roundup of Jews, after plaque honoring rescuers defaced
Deputy minister vows to restore memorial honoring family that saved 13-year-old from deportation when 13,152 Jews were rounded up at Vel d’Hiv and sent to Nazi camps
By AP
France's President Emmanuel Macron, center right, with Charles Dreyfus, grandson of Alfred Dreyfus, during a tribute ceremony to Captain Alfred Dreyfus, on the Ile de la Cite near the Court of Cassation in Paris, France, July 12, 2026. (Thomas Samson/Pool Photo via AP)
July 13, 2026, 9:56 am
Alfred Dreyfus statue finds permanent home in Paris, 120 years after his exoneration
At ceremony for wrongfully convicted officer, Macron warns ‘old demons of antisemitism’ never fully vanished; statue had effectively been hidden for decades after proposed sites rejected
By Zev Stub and AP
A French police officer stands guard in front of the Synagogue of Sarcelles, Paris’s suburb, on October 11, 2023. (Geoffroy VAN DER HASSELT/AFP)
July 13, 2026, 8:30 am
Weapons found in car parked near synagogue in Paris Jewish suburb; terror probe launched
Some 300 people evacuated from area after military-grade rifle, handgun found in stolen vehicle; French interior minister says no motives or suspects identified
By AFP
Moroccan fans chant, 'All Jews are gay,' outside a community health center in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, July 10, 2026. (X video used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 10, 2026, 2:10 pm
Morocco soccer fans chant antisemitic, homophobic slogan in The Hague after World Cup loss
Crowd gathers outside building chanting ‘All Jews are gay’; 4 arrested in Amsterdam; London police officer hospitalized with injury from glass bottle during clashes
By ToI Staff and AFP
Museum employees unpack a carved stone panel after Syrian authorities unveiled antiquities returned from France at the National Museum in Damascus, Syria, July 8, 2026.(AP/Ghaith Alsayed)
July 10, 2026, 11:48 am
France returns 23 Syrian treasures kept for 15 years due to severed ties
Artifacts flown to Damascus aboard Macron’s presidential aircraft include Roman bronze objects, Byzantine and Islamic-era pieces, mosaic panel that once adorned the Umayyad Mosque
By AP
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen leaves the courtroom after the verdict of her appeal trial, in Paris, France, July. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
July 7, 2026, 6:18 pm
French court clears Le Pen for 2027 presidential run under condition she rejects
Judge upholds far-right leader’s embezzlement verdict but lifts ban on holding public office; sentence would still require her to wear electronic bracelet during election campaign
By Sylvie Corbet and John Leicester
Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, right, meets French President Emmanuel Macron at the presidential palace in Damascus, Syria, July 7, 2026. (AP/Ghaith Alsayed)
July 7, 2026, 2:58 pm
Explosions rock Damascus, wounding 18, near visiting French President Macron’s hotel
Twin blasts hit just as Macron meets in palace with counterpart Sharaa; meeting goes ahead as planned; no claim of responsibility
By AP and ToI Staff
A man with a respirator mask on his head is silhouetted during a wildfire on the outskirts of the northern city of Thessaloniki, Greece, July 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)
July 6, 2026, 10:11 am
Massive wildfires tear through southern Europe, forcing thousands to flee
Fires have devastated area over double the size of Manhattan across Portugal, Spain, Greece, and France, where officials have banned spectators from stage of Tour de France race
By AFP
The city of Lyon, central France, is seen during a heat wave, June 27, 2026. (Laurent Cipriani/AP)
June 28, 2026, 4:11 pm
France records around 1,000 additional deaths amid extreme European heat wave
Record-smashing temperatures spark fires in east German forests contaminated with WWII ammunition; Berlin cops cool down locals with water cannon; Greece on high alert for fires
By Kirsten Grieshaber and John Leicester
French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during the the induction ceremony at the Pantheon for late French historian and resistance fighter Marc Bloch and his wife Simonne Vidal, in Paris, France, June 23, 2026. (Alice Sacco/Pool Photo via AP)
June 27, 2026, 4:21 pm
Jewish resistance hero’s French Panthéon entry sparks row over far right’s use of his legacy
Marc Bloch, historian and fighter executed by the Nazis, referenced by head of National Rally party, whose founders include a Holocaust denier and member of the Waffen-SS
By Shira Li Bartov
People cool off in a fountain at the Cinquantenaire Park in Brussels, June 25, 2026. (AP/Omar Havana)
June 25, 2026, 8:40 pm
Europe continues to bake under heat wave that has killed dozens, disrupted power
Britain and Switzerland hit record temperatures, with at least 48 dead in France, 20 in Germany in drowning incidents, as schools are shuttered and nuclear plants taken offline
By Agencies
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