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In a Syrian detention camp for people linked to the Islamic State group, French mother-of-five Emilie Konig has swapped her all-engulfing black robe for a sweatshirt and baseball cap. The 36-year-old widow — who is on...

French Prime Minister Jean Castex on Thursday announced a limited month-long lockdown for Paris and several other regions to combat rising Covid-19 cases while insisting the measures would not be as strict as in the past,...

The streets of Paris are once again buzzing. Protests erupted on Saturday (December 12th) in protest of the law’s plan to ban publishing pictures of police at work. Thousands of French people took part in it....

French President Emmanuel Macron has said that he has realized that Muslims have been hurt by the publication of satirical cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). However, he warned in an exclusive interview...

French Ligue 1 club Reims were on Sunday in mourning for long-serving club doctor Bernard Gonzalez who committed suicide after being diagnosed with coronavirus, sources confirmed. “Devastated, Reims cries for Bernard Gonzalez,” said a statement released...

The “unconditional support” Roman Polanski has enjoyed from the French film establishment seems to be crumbling after a new rape claim against the controversial director. Interviews to promote his new film “An Officer and a Spy”...

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Thursday he will lead talks on finding a single European candidate to succeed Christine Lagarde as head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The post of IMF managing director,...

French film legend Agnes Varda, the only woman director to emerge from the so-called New Wave scene in the 1960s, has died aged 90 after a battle with cancer, her family said Friday. With her two-tone...

One of the main groups representing Muslims in France said on Monday it was suing Facebook and YouTube, accusing them of inciting violence by allowing the streaming of footage of the Christchurch massacre on their platforms....

A petition launched by French environmental groups calling for legal action against the state for failing to act to curb climate change has received unprecedented public support after weeks of fuel- price protests. By Friday morning...