French minister thanks Belgium for detaining 7 terror suspects on eve of Olympics opening ceremony
On the eve of the Olympics opening ceremony in Paris, France's interior minister thanked Belgium for a string of raids that led to the detention of seven people for questioning over suspected terrorist activities.
Argentine President Milei travels to France to meet Macron after outcry over racist soccer chants
Argentine President Javier Milei has arrived in Paris, where he is expected to meet French President Emmanuel Macron after tensions escalated between their countries over the Argentine soccer teamโs derogatory post-match chants about French players.
Argentina indicts 2 visiting French rugby players in a harrowing case of sexual assault
Argentine prosecutors say they have charged two French rugby players with aggravated sexual assault, the latest development in the grisly case of a woman who said she was repeatedly raped by the athletes after they took her back to their hotel room and prevented her from leaving.
France's unions call for strikes to pressure Macron into allowing leftist coalition government
A leader of a major French union has called for mass strikes to pressure President Emmanuel Macron into โrespecting the resultsโ of recent legislative elections and allow a leftist coalition to form a new government.
Far-right National Rally candidates, including one who wore Nazi cap, scrutinized in French election
As it stands on the threshold of power in France, the far-right National Rally is facing scrutiny about some of the candidates it hopes will secure a ruling majority for the party in legislative elections Sunday, including a woman it has now pulled from the high-stakes race over a photo of her wearing a World War II-era Nazi officerโs peaked cap.
French far right ahead in 1st round of snap elections. Here's how runoff works and what comes next
French voters face a decisive choice on July 7 in the runoff of snap parliamentary elections that could see the countryโs first far-right government since the World War II Nazi occupation โ or no majority emerging at all.
France bans extreme-right and radical Islamic groups ahead of polarizing elections
Franceโs government has ordered the dissolution of multiple extreme right and radical Muslim groups, four days before the first round of high-stakes legislative elections that may see a surge in support for political extremes.
European Union accuses Microsoft of breaching antitrust rules by bundling Teams with office software
European Union regulators have accused Microsoft of โpossibly abusiveโ practices that violate the blocโs antitrust rules by tying its Teams messaging and videoconferencing app to its widely used business software.
New Caledonia independence group demands Indigenous leader's release from custody in mainland France
A pro-independence movement in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia is demanding the โrelease and immediate returnโ of the Indigenous Kanak leader who was flown more than 10,000 miles to mainland France for pretrial detention.
New Caledonia Indigenous independence leader transferred to mainland France for pre-trial detention
New Caledoniaโs public prosecutor says a pro-independence leader in the French Pacific territory has been transferred to a prison facility in mainland France to await trial for his alleged role in a recent deadly unrest.
French prime minister seeks to step out from Macron's shadow in the upcoming early election
Franceโs prime minister hopes to emerge from the campaign for the early legislative election not only still holding the job that President Emmanuel Macron gave him less than six months ago but also as more of his own person.
EU criticizes France for excessive debt, putting pressure on Macron during election campaign
The European Unionโs executive arm is criticizing France for running up excessive debt, a stinging rebuke at the height of the election campaign where President Emmanuel Macron is fighting off challenges of the extreme right and the left.
French opposition parties on the left and right seek alliances ahead of snap elections
French opposition parties on the left and the right are scrambling to form alliances for the upcoming snap elections called by President Emmanuel Macron after his party suffered a crushing defeat by the far right at the European vote on Sunday.
Macron hopes to contain far right in national elections after it surged in EU vote. It's a risky bet
French President Emmanuel Macron called snap legislative elections after his pro-European party was handed a chastening defeat and projected to garner less than half the support of Marine Le Penโs National Rally.
The far right's election gains rattle EU's traditional powers, leading Macron to call snap polls
Far-right parties rattled the traditional powers in the European Union with major gains in parliamentary seats, dealing an especially humiliating defeat to French President Emmanuel Macron, who called snap legislative elections.
Graffiti with images and messages referencing Ukraine appear on Paris buildings near Parliament
Unusual spray-painted images and messages with references to Ukraine have appeared on the streets of Paris as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with U.S. President Joe Biden in the French capital.
Remembering D-Day: Key facts and figures about the invasion that changed the course of World War II
The June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France was unprecedented in scale and audacity, using the largest-ever armada of ships, troops, planes and vehicles to punch a hole in Adolf Hitlerโs defenses in western Europe and change the course of World War II.
Less than 2% of philanthropic giving goes to women and girls. Can Melinda French Gates change that?
For years, less than 2% of philanthropic giving in the U.S. has gone to benefit women and girls, but that could change in part thanks to new resources that Melinda French Gates has pledged in recent weeks.
Melinda French Gates to donate $1B over next 2 years in support of women's rights
Melinda French Gates says she will be donating $1 billion over the next two years to individuals and organizations working on behalf of women and families globally, including on reproductive rights in the United States.
French sports minister calls for sanctions after Monaco player tapes over anti-homophobia badge
Franceโs sports minister has called for soccer club Monaco to be sanctioned after one of its players covered over an anti-homophobia message on the teamโs shirt during the teamโs final league game on Sunday.
French security forces work to regain control of airport highway in violence-scorched New Caledonia
French security forces are working to retake control of the highway to the international airport in violence-scorched New Caledonia, shuttered because of deadly unrest wracking the French Pacific archipelago where indigenous people have long sought independence from France.
French police fatally shoot a man suspected of setting fire to a synagogue
Franceโs Interior Minister says that a man who was shot and killed by police after a suspected arson attack on a synagogue in the Normandy city of Rouen was an Algerian national whoโd sought medical treatment in France and wasnโt flagged as a suspected extremist.
Cannes kicks off with a Palme d'Or for Meryl Streep and a post-'Barbie' fรชte of Greta Gerwig
Beneath intermittent rainy skies, the Cannes Film Festival opened Tuesday with the presentation of an honorary Palme dโOr for Meryl Streep and the unveiling of Greta Gerwigโs jury, as the French Riviera spectacular kicked off a potentially volatile 77th edition.
French hero gains Australian residency for confronting killer in deadly Sydney shopping mall attack
French construction worker Damien Guerot has spoken of his mixed emotions at being made an Australian permanent resident as reward for his heroism during a knife attack in a Sydney shopping mall that left six victims dead and a dozen wounded.