A British boat rescued 34 migrants crossing the Channel aboard a small motorised boat on Monday, Britain's interior ministry said. "Today Border Force responded to an incident in the Channel involving a small boat containing 34 people," the ministry said in a statement. "The group were brought to Dover and have been transferred to immigration…

French officials on Sunday strongly condemned anti-Semitic abuse and anti-police attacks by some "yellow vest" demonstrators as up to 2,000 of them gathered in central Paris to embark on a third month of the anti-government protests. Prosecutors have launched an investigation into a group of protesters who shouted anti-Semitic insults at philosopher and writer Alain…

Super Falcons’ striker, Asisat Oshoala doesn’t see anything special about Nigeria’s three group opponents in the fast approaching FIFA Women’s World Cup in France. The Falcons will battle with hosts France, Korea Republic and Norway when hostilities begin in June, and Oshoala says there is nothing to worry about. “I told my team-mates that no-one…

One of President Emmanuel Macron's closest advisors has announced his resignation, continuing a shake-up of the French leader's inner cabinet as he seeks to claw back lost popularity.

The French foreign ministry on Wednesday denounced as "unacceptable" a meeting between Italy's Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio and France's "yellow vest" anti-government protesters.

Eight people have died and 30 have been injured in an overnight blaze at an apartment block in Paris that is being treated by police as a possible arson attack, officials said Tuesday.

A French priest was Friday sentenced to five years, two without parole, for sexually assaulting four young female parishioners, one of whom was just nine when the offences started, and embezzling 100,000 euros ($115,000) to pay one of his victims.

Three Americans hailed as heroes for thwarting a jihadist attack on a train between Amsterdam and Paris were officially welcomed as French citizens on Thursday in a ceremony in the US state of California.

French economic growth slumped in 2018 as consumer spending tapered off toward the end of the year, the victim of violent anti-government protests that kept many shoppers at home ahead of the holidays, statistics office INSEE said Wednesday.

Croatian World Cup runner-up Ivan Perisic has handed in a transfer request to Inter Milan, the Italian club's director Giuseppe Marotta confirmed on Sunday. "Perisic has asked to leave but there is no offer for him. We will see in the coming days," Inter director Marotta told Sky Sports Italia. "Many players ask for a…

Mountain rescuer workers on Saturday recovered the bodies of two people, raising the death toll from a deadly collision between a helicopter and light aircraft in the Alps to seven. Two people were hospitalised after the crash in the Aosta Valley near France, which appeared to have happened just after the helicopter took off, unaware…

Iran has accused France of being a destabilising force in the region after its foreign minister threatened new sanctions against Tehran over its missile programme. "The Islamic republic has always called for the strengthening of peace and stability in the region," the Iranian foreign ministry said in a statement released overnight Friday. As such Iran…