France's president on Monday called for a "ruthless" government response to those with "terrorist ideologies", days after a teacher was stabbed to death in what he has called an act of "Islamist terror".

Germany and France on Saturday moved to reinforce security around Jewish temples, schools and monuments after the surprise attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas against Israel. Germany tightened police protection of Jewish and Israeli institutions, as some supporters of the Palestinians took to the streets of Berlin to celebrate the attack. France focused on Jewish…

A French court will try Pascaline Bongo, eldest daughter of Gabon's former president Omar Bongo, early next year on suspicion of corruption, a judicial source told AFP.

Juventus and France midfielder Paul Pogba's 'B' sample has confirmed the presence of testosterone, a source close to the case told AFP on Friday.

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was on Friday charged as part of an investigation into possible witness tampering, adding to his long list of legal woes, including over illegal campaign financing.

Algeria has announced "preventative measures" to thwart the spread of bedbugs after a surge of reported sightings in France, home to a large Algerian diaspora.

French troops will begin withdrawing from Niger "this week", Paris said Thursday, after a falling-out with the military junta in power since a July coup.

French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday he would broaden the range of topics that can be voted on in a referendum and ease thresholds for calling a popular vote.

A university site in the centre of French Mediterranean port Marseille will close temporarily because of nearby dealing in the city's deadly drug trade, according to a letter seen by AFP.

France's ambassador to Niger landed in Paris on Wednesday after leaving Niamey following weeks of tensions between Paris and the post-coup regime in the West African country, the foreign ministry told AFP.

France's ambassador to Niger left the capital Niamey early Wednesday, a French diplomatic source and a Nigerien government source said, after weeks of the post-coup military leaders in the West African country demanding his expulsion.

The body of an Eritrean woman migrant was found on a beach near the French port city of Calais on Tuesday, local authorities and aid groups said.