LIVE UPDATES: Dawn has revealed pools of dried blood, smashed children's strollers, and other debris strewn about following a deadly terror attack on the streets of Nice.

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.

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.

The EgyptAir flight disappearance could be the result of a bomb, according to a prominent counter-terrorism researcher.

The actresses all went barefoot or in flat shoes for photo calls and film premieres.

COMMENT: Visiting French PM Manuel Valls acknowledges the talent and experience of Helen Clark, but says it is too early to have a formal opinion on whether she should have the top UN job, writes Barry Soper.

French prime minister Manuel Valls tells political editor Audrey Young that Paris wants much closer co-operation with New Zealand in several areas.

French PM Manuel Valls says the infrequency of visits to NZ by French leaders does not reflect the relationship, which he describes as "excellent".

Farming and Helen Clark's bid for the top UN job will be top of the agenda in Prime Minister John Key's meeting with French Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Monday.

Shocking footage of an ISIS suicide bomber detonating his bomb in a Paris restaurant has been broadcast for the first time in France.

For the first time the entire Stone Age grotto with its more than 1900 animal paintings is being reproduced.

COMMENT: Money and hope fuel TV conference in France where a writer's dreams can come true, or be dashed.

Tourists from all over the world are flocking to a tiny French seaside town where nothing is left to the imagination.

The terrorists who carried out the attacks on the Brussels airport and metro had initially planned an attack on France instead, the Belgian federal prosecutor said.

Stop! This is the empire of the dead, reads a sign greeting visitors at the entrance to the two-kilometre long tunnels filled with bones, writes Patrick Fort.

France's national army museum has recreated the home where Napoleon lived his final years.

Air France stewardesses, furious at being ordered to wear headscarves in Tehran, say they will refuse to fly to the Iranian capital when the airline resumes.

It being midday and the sun being out, the mayor of Volvic was on the beer. Not the famous local water.

The Louvre, as a famous museum, even has a museum celebrating its own history. It's in two sections across a hall near the entrance and is well worth a few minutes.

More than a dozen humanitarian and nongovernmental organisations yesterday accused local authorities in France of brutality against migrants as the demolition of a shantytown known as "the....

French parents are being warned to stop posting pictures of children on social networks in case their offspring later sue them for breaching their privacy.