Riots continue to rage across France following the abuse of a youth worker by police.

A workmen's cafe in France was overwhelmed with customers and reporters after it was accidentally awarded a Michelin star.

Dan Carter is back in the country after being nabbed by French police drink driving in Paris on Wednesday night.

French astronaut Thomas Pesquet has described the moment he captured the Taranaki volcano from aboard the International Space Station.

At least four people have been killed in an avalanche in the ski resort of Tignes, in the French Alps.

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Riots have broken out in France after a black man was sexually assaulted by police - who claim it was an accident.

Protesters threw projectiles at police and set cars and rubbish bins ablaze in a bleak area of the Paris suburbs.

Paris authorities say they want to replace the metal security fencing around the Eiffel Tower with a more visually appealing glass wall.

Royal Air Force jets were scrambled to intercept nuclear-capable Russian bombers over the North Atlantic.

A glitch in Uber's app meant a wife could track her cheating husband - and now he blames to company for his divorce.

France, already on high terror alert, has been set on edge after an electrical explosion at a metro train station which has left eight people injured.

Police have arrested the parents of a French boy who was found dead after allegedly being made to run 'several kilometres' as punishment for wetting the bed.

France's presidential election campaign went into overdrive with two key candidates laying out radically different plans to overthrow the established order.

A terror probe has been launched in Paris after a man was shot by soldiers while trying to storm the Louvre armed with a machete.

A statement from the Trump administration called Iran's missile launch 'provocative', but did not outline any actions it intends to take.

Prime Minister Bill English has a duty to speak out against US President Donald Trump's ban on Muslim travellers, the Green Party says.

A French tourist visiting New Zealand who was reported missing by his family has been found safe and well.

Police are appealing for sightings of a French tourist last known to be at Abel Tasman National Park who failed to return to work in France and hasn't been in touch with his family.

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Young migrants are being hidden and sheltered by French villagers near the Italian border, who sometimes help them to slip undetected into the country.

A former All Black has proposed to his girlfriend in the city of love.

Legislation in France around set hours for responding to work emails is something to consider, says the Council of Trade Unions.

French workers have won the right to ignore all work emails outside of the office.

Charlie Faumuina will play for French club Toulouse next year.

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Egypt says traces of explosives have been found on bodies from the EgyptAir crash in May, which killed all on board. A ministry statement

Two women refused entry into New Zealand were escorted back to Europe by police officers.

Leighton Luke checks into Le Meridien, Nice, France.