The fire burned through 600 hectares after breaking out on the afternoon of July 26. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ...

Built from limestone and accented with warm ochre pigments from the Roussillon hills, this city captures the essence of southern France. The city’s architecture is both simple and striking ...

MARTIGUES, France (Reuters) -Nearly 1,000 firefighters and helicopters battled a wildfire about 40 kilometres (25 miles) ...

Around 150 people were ordered to leave their homes as more than 1,000 firefighters battled overnight to contain a wildfire that broke out in Martigues, southern France, and spread across 240 hectares ...

Nearly 1,000 firefighters and helicopters battled a wildfire about 25 miles (40 km) northwest of France's second-largest city ...

Perched above the Mediterranean on the Côte d’Azur, medieval Hyères was once home to a who’s who of Modernists, and inspires return visits. The house was built with an indoor swimming pool, the first ...

A forest fire blazed in southern France Tuesday, after it crept across an area the size of 2,000 rugby pitches of trees, causing an autoroute to Spain to close temporarily ...

A car was set on fire in front of the home of a prison guard who works in Aix-Luynes, in southern France, the door of a building in the Seine-et-Marne region was damaged and three cars were set ...

The deepest shipwreck ever found in French waters has been discovered in the Mediterranean off southern France. The 16th-century merchant ship lies an astounding 2,567m down. The French Navy ...