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France’s first evacuation plane left Niger on Tuesday with more than 250 people on board, Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said. France had said it planned to evacuate its nationals and EU citizens from the West African country following a military coup last Wednesday that unleashed protests against the former colonial power. Read our blog to see how the day's events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).

Coup supporters denounce former colonial power, shout support for Russia

The big theme of the Paris Games next summer is supposed to be unity. That is already proving difficult to deliver.

French President Emmanuel Macron described a coup that ousted Niger's elected leader as "dangerous" for the Sahel on Friday, as Western powers scramble to preserve a key ally in the insurgent-stricken region.

With a year to go to the Olympics, Paris is in the final phase of a historic clean-up which will soon see swimmers and divers back in the River Seine.

The Indian leader will attend the Bastille Day parade as a guest of honor and discuss purchases of Rafale warplanes and Scorpene vessels

Calm has returned to La Grande Borne. Local mafia again exercise lazy control from the doorways of this vast housing estate south of Paris; their guns on show, their faces hidden.

Emmanuel Macron has accused protesters of exploiting the death of a teenager shot by police at point-blank range.

Prosecutors have begun piecing together what happened before the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Nahel M by a police officer.

A different side of the French capital reveals smaller museums, under-the-radar spots in Montmartre and a diverse performance scene.<

French President Emmanuel Macron said at a security conference in the Slovakian capital on Wednesday that his Russian counterpart President Vladimir Putin had jolted NATO awake by invading Ukraine last year. Macron also called on the West to offer Ukraine "tangible and credible" security guarantees as it battles the Russian invasion.

Progress on enlargement, the budget and governance will be close to impossible without harmony between Paris and Berlin

Burkina Faso’s military government accused France24 of “legitimizing” terrorism

Ohio officers, who conducted a botched raid of rapper’s home, are suing for invasion of privacy and emotional distress

Largely peaceful protests are marred by outbreaks of violence as unions claim 3.5 million turned out, while authorities put number at just over 1 million

Police clashed with over a million demonstrators opposed to President Macron’s pension reform

One of the world’s most influential countries, France, has been brought to its knees by days of violent protests.