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France to help China in hunt for corruption suspects

France is ready to help China track down people suspected of corruption who may be on French soil, a...

Dec 03, 2014 08:33 AM EST

Eyeing deadline, France to back Palestinian state if peace talks fail

France warned on Friday it would recognize a Palestinian state if a final international effort to ov...

Nov 29, 2014 08:15 AM EST

Demonstrators clash with French police over protester death

Protesters clashed with police in southern France on Saturday over the death of a young activist kil...

Nov 22, 2014 06:47 PM EST

Former Bertelsmann boss sent to jail for embezzlement

Thomas Middelhoff, once one of Germany's most prominent and respected business leaders, was convicte...

Nov 16, 2014 12:38 AM EST

Algeria's Bouteflika in French hospital, reason unclear: sources

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who suffered a stroke last year, was hospitalised in the Al...

Nov 16, 2014 12:32 AM EST

France hits back after Russia warns of Mistral compensation

Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Friday that France would not be dictated to after an unidentifie...

Nov 16, 2014 12:26 AM EST

France criticizes slow deployment of U.N. peacekeepers in Mali

France's defense minister on Monday criticized the slow deployment of U.N. peacekeepers in Mali's vo...

Oct 27, 2014 09:45 PM EDT

Canada vows tougher laws as citizens worry in face of attacks

Canada vowed on Friday to toughen laws against terrorism in ways that critics say may curtail civil ...

Oct 25, 2014 07:51 AM EDT

French court approves Kazakh tycoon Ablyazov's extradition to Russia

A French appeals court approved on Friday the extradition from France to Russia or Ukraine of jailed...

Oct 25, 2014 12:53 AM EDT

Total CEO de Margerie killed in Moscow business jet accident

The chief executive of French oil major Total, Christophe de Margerie, was killed when a business je...

Oct 20, 2014 10:47 PM EDT

Swiss authorities give France documents on 300 UBS customers: SonntagsZeitung

Switzerland has handed over to the French authorities documents on 300 customers of UBS AG suspected...

Oct 05, 2014 11:04 PM EDT

Rwanda court's forgotten men pose challenge to international justice

Justin Mugenzi was legally cleared of any role in Rwanda's 1994 genocide. But an oversight in the in...

Sep 29, 2014 06:29 AM EDT

French Muslims denounce “cowardly murder” of tour guide in Algeria

Thousands of Muslims gathered across France on Friday to denounce the beheading of tourist Herve Gou...

Sep 28, 2014 01:34 AM EDT

Algerian militants behead kidnapped French tourist

Algerian militants have beheaded French tourist Herve Gourdel, who was kidnapped by gunmen on Sunday...

Sep 25, 2014 02:14 AM EDT

U.S., France propose U.N. sanctions on foreign Islamist fighters

A United Nations Security Council committee is considering requests by the United States and France ...

Sep 22, 2014 08:21 PM EDT

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