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France is speeding up preparations for a "no deal" Brexit after the British parliament overwhelmingly rejected the agreement on the table, a French presidential ...
CESARE BATTISTI (pictured, centre), a former left-wing terrorist arrested in Bolivia after 38 years on the run, was returned to his native Italy on January 14th.
Paris: French far-right leader Marine Le Pen launched her campaign for the May 26 European Parliament election on Sunday with an appeal to the broad ...
French authorities on Tuesday officially forbid the sale of a form of controversial weed-killer Roundup following a court ruling that regulators failed to take safety ...
New ticketing systems, apps, bus restaurants and more: French tourism has some shiny new updates for 2019. Here's how to make the most of them.
France's Yellow Vests took just one month to challenge policies on taxation, education, transport, and environment—and make the Macron government back ...
Editor's note: The €2 billion (U.S. $2.3 billion) sum mentioned in this article is for the development of the F4 standard for Rafale aircraft. PARIS — The French ...
FRANCE was “concerned” that Germany would become the “dominant power” in the formative years of what is now the European Union, it has been revealed.
Five people are dead across France and Austria as snow continued to plague regions surrounding the European...
First Vice-President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva has met with former President of the French Republic Nicolas Sarkozy.
France has called for a new leadership to be put in place at Renault after its boss Carlos Ghosn was denied bail in Japan on Tuesday.
Emmanuel Macron has launched his 'Great Debate' which he says is aimed at transforming the anger behind weeks of national protests into a blueprint for ...
In December 2017, Iraqi authorities announced that they had completely freed areas previously controlled by the Daesh terrorist organization. Today, Iraq has ...
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday encouraged people to express their grievances and propose changes to the country's economy during a ...
World War II Veteran George L. Corrales Jr. and David B. Valenzuela, who has passed away, received the Legion of Honor medal from the country of France on ...
Iran said it was their “natural right” to develop a defensive missile programme, after France told them to “immediately” stop all activities linked to ballistic missiles ...
A collection of 81 rare and interesting vehicles has been literally unearthed in France, and will now head to auction, reports BarnFinds.com. Inside the collection ...
New Zealand rugby player Ben Tameifuna has been banned for four weeks in France after being found guilty of a dangerous tackle in the Top 14 championship.
US online retailer Amazon faced new French government pressure Monday after a TV report over the weekend showed it destroying thousands of new diapers, ...
The European Commission would be making a mistake if it blocks the merger between Siemens's rail business and France's Alstom, France's government's ...
France and Japan are looking to hold bilateral military exercises in the Indo-Pacific.
Gilets jaunes protesters interrupted the race meeting at Chantilly on Saturday and occupied the track for two hours.
Here we outline what could happen next, especially from the point of view of Britons living in France. The British Prime Minister Theresa May, should she survive ...
FORMER Tour de France cyclist Nick Gates never loved riding as much as his two sons do and he says thats half the battle on the way to becoming professional ...
'I'll treasure this, not just for me but for those who didn't make it back'
A Catholic cardinal and five other people have gone on trial in France accused of covering up for a pedophile priest who abused boy scouts. The case is ...
A deadline looks to have been set for a decision as to whether the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup will see the use of Video Assistant Referees (VAR).
Artist-at-Work: French Fashion is Maxwell Barr's salon, in which he'll dress a live model and unveil the daily undertaking required to assemble ensembles the ...
January 16, 2019, marks the third anniversary of the implementation of the Iranian nuclear deal (JCPOA). On this occasion, France reaffirms its full support for ...
Yellow vest activists are urging French citizens to empty their bank accounts and spark a massive run on the country's banks in their longstanding fight with the ...
clément blanchet architecture and etienne tricaud (AREP) reveal their shortlisted design proposal for the france pavilion at expo 2020 dubai.
After violent protests across France, President Emmanuel Macron is counting on a public debate to keep his presidency on track.
Can Germany and France live in harmony when it comes to arms export policy?
As FIFA Women's World Cup holders USA get set to begin their 2019 campaign against France in a friendly, FIFA.com spotlights the marvellous milestones they ...
A 10th person has died in connection with the "gilets jaunes" or "yellow vest" protests in France as they enter their sixth consecutive weekend. A 36-year-old man ...
The home secretary, Sajid Javid, and his French counterpart have pledged to step up joint efforts to tackle cross-Channel people smuggling, as Labour accused ...
It's been an evolution of sorts into the new French Revolution.
The weekend's 'yellow vest' protests saw more violent attacks and abuse targeting French journalists and some even blocked newspapers from being ...
The multitude of mini-parties that make up France's splintered left have more in common than they wish to admit. But getting their squabbling leaders to sit ...
France will keep its troops in northern Syria for now because Islamic State militants have not been wiped out and continue to pose a threat, officials said.
Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, known for his hardline anti-migration stance, was previously involved in a war of words with French President Emmanuel ...
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday met with cabinet ministers to lay out his 2019 agenda for reform. Proposals include overhauls of France's ...
New Year's Eve speech comes at end of torrid period for Macron after six weeks of anti-government demonstrations.
PARIS - One of France's most celebrated screenwriters is taking on its biggest taboo, the bloody conflict in Algeria, in a new war film. Abdel Raouf Dafri told AFP ...
Man killed in collision between car and lorry near Perpignan is 10th person to die during protests.
From Brussels to Basra, gilets jaunes have brought visibility to people and their grievances.
Danske Bank, which is embroiled in a major money laundering case linked to its Estonian branch, may be investigated for a second time in France.
Graffiti and drawings left by British soldiers on the walls of a barn in France just after the Normandy landings on D-Day. (Photos)
France's "yellow vest" demonstrators kept numerous roads across the country blocked on Saturday as groups of protesters marched in city centers, but the ...
Orange pushed its multi-*service* operator strategy after striking a deal with insurance player Groupama to create Protectline, a new home surveillance company ...
The French government signed a $2,3 billion (2 billion euro) contract with Dassault Aviation for 28 upgraded Rafale aircraft and gave the go-ahead for ...
French authorities to improve cooperation with UK and increase their coastal surveillance.
After his podium finish at the Vuelta a España last year – in only his second Grand Tour – expectations surrounding Enric Mas are as high as ever. The rider ...
Mobility is the story of globalization and its inequities. But it is more than trains and automobiles: It includes social and economic movement, too.
Emmanuel Macron appears to be growing up in public. Eleven days before his 41st birthday, France's president—looking uncharacteristically haggard—made a ...
This is the latest in a series of legal cases brought against governments by concerned citizens around the world.
French President Emmanuel Macron held a press conference with the Chadian President Idriss Déby in the capital N'Djamena on Sunday, where he spoke ...
PARIS — The French police have arrested a prominent leader of the Yellow Vest movement for a second time, in a clear sign that the government is following ...
French President Emmanuel Macron arrived Saturday in Chad, where he will meet with his counterpart Idriss Deby to discuss the crisis in the Central African ...
Concerned that an increasing number of students are learning Arabic in mosques, the French state wants to take back control “to provide a secular curriculum.”
France will not gain in any way by retaining forces to protect a Kurdish militia in Syria, Turkey's foreign minister said on Tuesday, after Paris announced it would ...
Street protesters in France have obtained concessions from government, but it's different from Swiss direct democracy, writes Daniel Warner.
The music video for 34-year-old French rapper Nick Conrad's “Pendez les Blancs” (“Hang the Whites”) opens with a jarring visual akin to the title itself: the ...
Foreign nationals living in France – and even second home owners who spend part of the year here – may take part in the Grand Débat National – French ...
Nigel Farage isn't often left speechless (unfortunately) but when he is, he can come across like a flabbergasted rabbit in the headlights. The former UKIP leader ...
Don't know whether to get married or go for a civil partnership. Here's a look at the differences between PACS and marriage in France.
Helicopter scrambled after revellers spend New Year's Eve stuck in mid-air in Rennes.
NEW DELHI: India and France will hold high level negotiations this week to widen their security partnership in the Indo-Pacific region amid growing Chinese ...
A lesson from Paris: Policies that reduce climate emissions at the expense of the economically disadvantaged are unsustainable.
PARIS — Emmanuel Macron's presidency was battling a crisis less than two weeks ago, blindsided by the gathering strength and fury of the “Yellow Vests” ...
Maitland Repertory Theatre is staging Strictly Murder at its theatre in High Street, Maitland, from February 6.
BRITAIN has teamed up with the Netherlands, Belgium and Spain to block engineering giants Alstom and Siemens from creating a mega French-German rail ...
Spanish Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets and supporting personnel recently arrived in France to take part in evaluating the stealthy qualities of the ...
FRANCE is considered a bastion of stability amongst European Union countries but Emmanuel Macron is scrambling to quell a growing revolt against his ...
Suchawadee Nildhamrong was in the midst of studying for her final university exams when the FIFA Women's World Cup Draw took place. “I was already pretty ...
The left wing Yellow Vest protest is believed to be broadly about demanding a general election and an end to austerity. But Brexit is expected to figure highly ...
France is hoping that members of Britain's parliament will approve Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal, an official at President Macron's Elysee department ...
An initiative to sell Bitcoin (BTC) in France's 24000 tobacco kiosks has tentatively launched despite votes of no confidence from the central bank and An initiative ...
In France, tens of thousands of yellow vest protesters took to the streets over the weekend for the ninth straight week, with over 200 arrests as clashes between ...
LONDON — The president of Japan's Olympic Committee has been indicted on corruption charges in France after an investigation into the bidding process that ...
As he struggles quell a month-long revolt against his reforms, Macron has made two gestures towards Sarkozy in the space of three weeks.
French officials evidently understand that the terrorists are engaged in a long war and that it will be difficult to stop them; so they seem to have given in.
Researchers suggest Jeanne Calment may not have been 122 years old when she died in 1997. Instead, they hypothesize it was her 99-year-old daughter who ...
Barn finds seem to pop up a lot these days, but it's still rare to see one like this. A total of 81 cars were just discovered in a massive barn in rural France, most of ...
New Zealand prop Ben Tameifuna will face a disciplinary panel in France next week after his yellow card for a controversial tackle. The 27-year-old Racing 92 ...
Not yet clear if there are actually offers on the table.
Online giant Amazon has been accused of destroying up to three million unsold-but-new items from its warehouses in France in the past year alone.
How do pro cyclists manage the physical and mental challenge of hurtling down a mountain at speeds over 100kph, when the slightest of errors can lead to ...
A fourth rugby player has died in France in the space of eight months - according to reports coming out of France. It's being reported by Agence France-Presse ...
France's Vinci is taking advantage of a Brexit hit to UK asset prices to buy a majority stake in Britain's second-busiest airport, London's Gatwick, for 2.9 billion ...
Toulon will be without ex-All Black and French midfield star.
NEW DELHI: India's top defence manufacturer, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), ranks higher than French aircraft manufacturer Dassault—in terms of ...
Richard “shox” Papillon and Kenny “kennyS” Schrub are France's two greatest CS:GO players in history, yet they have not successfully sychronised their efforts ...
The crisis in France is a byproduct of thousand-year old rivalries in an ancient and fragmented land, writes a leading Arab expert on WENA affairs.
The World Cup in Russia and video referees took centre stage in another year of high drama in the beautiful game, writes Phil Dillon.
The wreckage of the Mirage 2000-D fighter is found in a mountainous region of eastern France.
Egypt's president Sisi inaugurated the country's biggest cathedral on Coptic Christmas Eve Sunday, a day after a deadly bomb blast near a church in a country ...
The chief military rebel who led a thwarted coup in Gabon on Monday has been arrested and two of his commandos killed after they stormed into a public radio ...
Ever since the gilets jaunes protests in France began in November, dealing a crippling blow to Emmanuel Macron's presidency, the response from the global left ...
Math is a laboratory for better thinking. That is the argument of Cedric Villani, one of the world's most famous mathematicians.