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Arrests during a fifth night of rioting in France over the police shooting of a teenager have grown to 719, according to the interior ministry on Sunday. The ministry had earlier offered a preliminary total of...

Bangladesh and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), or the French Development Agency, have signed credit facility agreements (CFA) totaling EUR 277 million (roughly USD 303 million) for three critical development projects. Sharifa Khan, secretary to...

On Wednesday, France’s highest appeals court denied a request to revive a rape accusation against film director Luc Besson, putting an end to one of the most high-profile cases to come from the country’s MeToo campaign...

N’Golo Kante, a World Cup-winning midfielder for France, has joined Saudi Arabian champions Al Ittihad, the club said on Wednesday. He will team up with fellow countryman Karim Benzema at Al Ittihad. “Kante is an Ittihad...

On Tuesday, the Cannes feature Festival was set to get off to a rocky start, with Johnny Depp making a comeback in the opening feature, showing off his French abilities as King Louis XV. Despite his...

President Emmanuel Macron defended his hugely unpopular pension reform on Monday, saying he understood the French people’s “anger” after three months of protests. In his first address to France since signing the reform into law, Macron...

Despite surviving two no-confidence votes in the French parliament on Monday, President Emmanuel Macron’s administration is still under a lot of criticism for how it handled a contentious pensions reform. Elisabeth Borne, the prime minister, sparked...

Even if Ukraine’s European partners decide to deploy Kyiv fighter jets, French President Emmanuel Macron issued a warning on Friday that they might not be sent in the “coming weeks.” “I’m not ruling anything out …...

Noel Le Graet, the head of the French Football Federation (FFF), stated in an interview that he wants Didier Deschamps to continue as the coach of France after his present contract expires at the end of...

Colombia is considering buying 16 Rafale fighter jets from French aircraft manufacturer Dassault, the South American country’s presidency said on Wednesday, as it seeks to replace its Israeli Kfir planes. The South American country has “pre-selected...