A boat has been evacuated at a French port due to a bomb scare on board.

One of the Isis knifemen who stormed a church in Normandy before slitting the throat of an elderly priest has been named as known terror threat.

Donald Trump says France and Germany have "totally" been compromised by terrorism and their citizens should receive "extreme vetting" before entering the US.

Hundreds, if not thousands, have endured invisible scars that could take a long time to heal, if they ever do, say psychologists and victims.

With arrest of three more suspects, French authorities are widening their investigation into the Bastille Day truck attack that killed 84 people in Nice.

Nice police are being criticised for their "ridiculous" use of resources after launching a special rescue mission for Bono during the Bastille Day terror.

The man who killed 84 people when he drove a truck into a crowd in Nice sent text messages just before the attack over "satisfaction" with his supply of weapons.

Widely reported rumours about the alleged torture of victims in the Bataclan theatre massacre last November have been debunked.

A profile is built up of an angry loner recently arrived from Tunisia.

A minute's silence will be held at the French Embassy in Wellington on Monday to pay tribute to the victims of the Bastille Day attack in Nice.

France has become disturbingly familiar with terror attacks on home soil but while there are still many questions to be answered, at the top of the list is, why?

A Dunedin man who witnessed the carnage in Nice says the truck that mowed down Bastille Day revellers passed within metres of him. Hamish

One moment, the famous Nice waterfront boulevard was packed with people watching Bastille Day fireworks exploding over the Mediterranean. But

It was a lovely night in Nice, Damien Allemand recalled.

The MFAT has tonight confirmed there are no indications, at this stage, that any New Zealanders are among victims of the terror attack in Nice.

Prime Minister John Key was in Paris watching an fireworks display on Bastille Day when he heard news about the "horrific" attack in Nice of innocent people watching fireworks themselves.

New Zealanders caught up in the Nice terror attack that killed at least 84 people have spoken about the horror as a truck mowed down hundreds of revellers.

COMMENT: This attack in Nice does appear to be a part of a pattern as ISIS continue to hurt countries responsible for the airstrikes

The granddaughter of rugby great Colin Meads was in a nightclub in Nice just minutes away from where the scene of terror where at least 80 people were killed.

Ten young New Zealand students are travelling to France in September to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme.

One of the country's top mountain guides has been killed after he was swept away by an avalanche in the French Alps.

The incident was in the same area as an avalanche in July 2012, which claimed nine lives.

Terrorist issued call to arms for jihadists - just minutes after slaughtering French husband and wife police officers in front of their child.

A man who claimed allegiance to Isis stabbed a French policeman to death yesterday before he was killed in a dramatic police operation, sources close to the investigation said.

Eurostar passengers were left stranded in Paris overnight after a tourist attempted to board a London-bound train with a WWII artillery shell.

A small town surrounded by farms has become the first in France to ban the use of pesticides within 50m of homes.

Record numbers of migrants gathering in Calais have sparked fears of a summer of violence and chaos.

Google's offices in Paris have been raided by police in an investigation into money laundering and "aggravated tax fraud".

The EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea was emblazoned with the words "we will bring this plane down" two years ago.