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.
Vatican complains after French court rules in favor of nun dismissed from religious order
The Holy See has formally protested to France after a court there ruled that a former high-ranking Vatican official was liable for what the court determined to be the wrongful dismissal of a nun from a religious order.
Lebanese, French officials float a plan to rebuild Beirut port nearly 4 years after huge explosion
Three and a half years after hundreds of tons of improperly stored ammonium nitrate ignited at the Beirut port, setting off one of the worldโs biggest non-nuclear explosions, Lebanese and French officials have put forward a plan for reconstruction and reorganization of the port.
France becomes the only country to explicitly guarantee abortion as a constitutional right
French lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved a bill to enshrine abortion rights in Franceโs constitution, making it the only country to explicitly guarantee a womanโs right to voluntarily terminate a pregnancy.
Putting Western troops on the ground in Ukraine is not 'ruled out' in the future, French leader says
French President Emmanuel Macron says sending Western troops on the ground in Ukraine is not โruled outโ in the future after the issue was debated at a gathering of European leaders in Paris, as Russiaโs full-scale invasion grinds into a third year.
Actor calls on French film industry to face sexual abuse, during live Cesar Awards ceremony
French actor Judith Godrรจche has called on Franceโs film industry to โface the truthโ on sexual violence and physical abuse during a live broadcast Friday of the Cesar Awards ceremony, Franceโs version of the Oscars.
France denounces 'largest antisemitic massacre of our century' in tribute to victims of Hamas attack
French President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to victims of Hamasโ Oct_ 7 attack in Israel in a national ceremony and denounced what he described as the โlargest antisemitic massacre of our century.โ.
France's 2 key farmers unions suspend protests after the government offers new measures
Franceโs two major farmers unions have said they'll lift country-wide blockades, after the prime minister introduced new measures aimed at protecting their livelihoods that they described as โtangible progress.โ.
An explosive case of police violence in the Paris suburbs ends with the conviction of 3 officers
A French court has convicted three police officers of โvoluntary violenceโ towards a youth worker in a Paris suburb who suffered serious injuries to his rectum after being assaulted with a police baton during an identity check seven years ago.
France ramps up weapons production for Ukraine and says Russia is scrutinizing the West's mettle
France has announced more deliveries of its Caesar artillery system to Ukraine and is accelerating weapons production to avoid depleting its own military stocks while continuing to support the war effort against Russiaโs invasion.
French President Macron uses broad news conference to show his leadership hasn't faded
French President Emmanuel Macron has made a point of showing his leadership hasnโt faded in more than two hours of answering questions at a news conference in which he promised a stronger France to face with worldโs challenges.
France's Macron announces missiles and bombs for Ukraine, suggests he could work with Trump
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced plans to deliver more long-range cruise missiles as well as bombs to Ukraine and suggested that heโd find ways to work with Donald Trump in the event that he wins another presidency.
A frantic push to safeguard the Paris Olympics promises thousands of jobs and new starts after riots
Organizers of the Paris Olympics urgently need thousands of security guards to help keep athletes and spectators safe and reduce the likelihood of another deadly extremist attack in the French capital.
France's Macron says a security crisis could force rethink of Paris' huge Olympic opening show
French President Emmanuel Macron says the giant opening ceremony extravaganza that Paris is planning to hold on the River Seine to launch next yearโs Olympic Games could be moved if France is hit again in the run-up by extremist attacks.