France has found a case of deadly bird flu in the foie gras production region of Perigord, in the country's southwest.

Belgian security forces are still hunting down suspected Isis militants after making more than a dozen arrests in a series of raids yesterday.

Despite the carnage from the Paris terrorist attacks, world financial markets have been relatively resilient in the face of political change.

One suspected terrorist was shot dead, another died when her suicide vest detonated, and four police were wounded in the battle which began about 4.30am.

On the night of January 2, Belgian authorities closing in on a terror cell in the town of Verviers intercepted a telling piece of intelligence.

Misinformation is common online. But after a major international tragedy, internet rumours only become more frequent and more damaging.

France's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier will be deployed to the eastern Mediterranean to boost operations in Syria.

France launched fresh air strikes against Syria yesterday, as a defiant Paris reopened for business.

The ringleader of the Paris terrorist attacks has been named by as Abdelhamid Abaaoud, a Belgian national already suspected of planning previous attacks.

The intense manhunts unfolded as clearer portraits emerged of the network behind the carnage that left at least 129 people dead.

In an indication that Isis retains a capacity to strike after the Paris attacks, Iraqi intelligence said there were 24 people involved in the French operation.

The head of the French spy service says they face an "inside threat" from young radicalised French residents as well as that of outside terrorist actions.

Suspected terrorists behind one of the worst attacks in France since WWII have been rounded up as stories emerge of dramatic actions that helped save lives.

Paris is a special place, a city the world associates with romance, culture, good times and the fine things of life.

COMMENT: It is never comfortable to make the leap from real human tragedy to assessing economic and financial fallout, writes Liam Dann.

A woman who survived the massacre inside the Bataclan Theatre in Paris by pretending to be dead says she whispered "I love you" to everyone she knew.

The Paris attacks have outraged the world. But, sadly, they will not have surprised French authorities.

President Francois Hollande says France will be "merciless" against those behind the deadliest attacks in the country in decades.

The chilling words a Kiwi artist heard her daughter shout down the phone, as the pair desperately tried to find each other through the chaos unfolding.

Daniel Psenny first thought the shots he heard came from the cop movie playing on his television. Soon after, he realised they came from the Bataclan concert hall.

Several hundred people turned up to Aotea Square in solidarity for the victims of those caught up in the violent attacks in France.

French nationals in New Zealand are desperately trying to contact loved ones after the terror attacks in Paris.

New Zealand buildings join other iconic structures and light up in the colours of the French flag to show solidarity with Paris.

In amongst the chaos in Paris one trending hashtag is bringing a welcome relief for many terrified people.

French resort of Biarritz is prescribing surfing lessons to ward off a range of ailments from depression to heart disease.

A row has erupted over a planned theme park in Calais that its mayor hopes will rehabilitate the image of a town tainted by its association with squalid migrant camps.