France has arrested and indicted a former guard of deposed Central African Republic president Francois Bozize for "complicity in crimes against humanity", anti-terrorist prosecutors said on Saturday. Eric Danboy Bagale, 41, was arrested in eastern France on Tuesday and placed under judicial investigation in Paris late on Friday, prosecuting authority PNAT told AFP. Bagale, who…

A French rapper who compared himself to Adolf Hitler has been dropped by his label and currently under investigation after being accused of spreading anti-Semitism. Freeze Corleone, 28, released his debut album "LMF" last week and one of his songs has already amassed more than 1.3 million views on YouTube. In an announcement on Thursday…

A few hundred people gathered in Paris Saturday as France's "yellow vest" demonstrators attempted to stage a September comeback after months of virus lockdown and summer holidays, falling short of hoped-for numbers.

Following the lockdown of socio-economic activities across the globe caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, public and private sector institutions, as predicted by the World Bank, World Economic Forum, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are now facing the prospect of harsh economic conditions and a recession that could lead to a business shutdown. After putting measures…

Kylian Mbappe scored with France's only shot on goal on Saturday in Solna to give the world champions a 1-0 victory over Sweden in the opening round of matches in the Nations League. Mbappe picked up the ball wide of the goal in the 41st minute, squeezed past two defenders, waited for goalkeeper Robin Olsen…

Broadcaster France 24 on Saturday demanded the withdrawal of footage from one of its reports on a US demonstration which found its way into a Donald Trump US election campaign clip.

US President Donald Trump referred to US Marines buried in a WWI cemetery in France as "losers" and "suckers" for getting killed in action, according to a report Thursday in the Atlantic magazine.

Fourteen suspected accomplices of the jihadist gunmen who attacked the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket appeared in a Paris court Wednesday, five years after the three days of terror that rocked France.

French pupils go back to school Tuesday as schools across Europe open their doors to greet returning pupils this month, nearly six months after the coronavirus outbreak forced them to close and despite rising infection rates across the continent.

A repeat offender has confessed to raping and murdering a 15-year-old girl in the eastern French city of Nantes, sparking outrage and calls for tougher release rules.

The Tour de France rolls out from the French Riviera on Saturday, two months later than planned and under the shadow of a coronavirus pandemic which could still shatter hopes of the world's greatest bike race making it to the Paris finish line in three weeks' time. Originally slated for June, stage one of the…

Thieves made off with about nine million euros in cash in the southeastern French city of Lyon on Friday in an armed attack on an armoured security vehicle, prosecutors said.