French police arrests a man in Paris as part of the investigation into the 13 November attacks in the city, sources say.

France's far-right National Front fails to win a single region in the second round of municipal elections, preliminary results show.

Nine women ambassadors based in Bangladesh including Bhutan, Brazil, Denmark, France, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Sri Lanka and the US emphasise the urgent need to prevent and respond to gender-based violence in the country, in their own countries, and across the globe.

France is set to vote in the first round of regional elections, the first electoral challenge since the Paris attacks, which killed 130 people.

Prince Charles is expected to call for better protection of the world's forests at the UN climate conference in Paris.

World leaders open an historic summit in Paris aimed at ending decades of political gridlock and forging an elusive agreement to avert calamitous global warming.

France is to hold a national memorial service for the 130 people who died in the Paris attacks two weeks ago.

Germany will do more in the fight against Islamic State militants, Chancellor Angela Merkel has said.

David Cameron is holding talks in Paris with French President Francois Hollande on co-operation in the fight against so-called Islamic State.

Terror alert led restaurants and bars to shut early amid fears of a Paris-style attack in Central Brussels. The manhunt continues for the fugitive Salah Abdeslam, who is thought to be armed with a suicide belt.

EU ministers agrees to get tough on border security after the devastating Paris attacks, as prosecutors said a third body had been found following a police raid on the ringleader's hideout.

Islamic State militants release a video threatening the White House with suicide bombings and car blasts and vowing to conduct more attacks on France.

Antoine Leiris lost his wife Helene in the Bataclan theatre in Paris.His Facebook tribute to his wife and challenge to her killers has since been shared thousands of times.

French PM Manuel Valls warns that France could face chemical or biological attack from terror groups, as MPs debate extending the state of emergency after the Paris attacks.

Scientists say the contribution of a melting Antarctica to sea-level rise this century will be significant and challenging, but that some nightmare scenarios are just not realistic.

Air strikes by France and other nations on the Islamic State (IS) stronghold of Raqqa in Syria since Sunday have killed at least 33 militants, activists say.

A French father, his little son and a reporter had a conversation in the wake of the recent Paris attacks and the conversation is going viral after it was shared on Facebook by French TV show Le Petit Journal.

France mobilises 115,000 police, gendarmes and military in the wake of Friday’s attacks by Islamist militants in Paris, says Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve.

Following one of the most devastating acts of terrorism in Paris on November 13, the world unites with mourning and prayers and expressing solidarity, particularly in the social media.

France's security services are once again facing a harsh spotlight after failing to prevent the brutal attacks in Paris carried out by the Islamic State group.