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Probe opens of alleged Libyan funding for Sarkozy
Paris prosecutors on Friday began investigating whether the winning presidential campaign of former President Nicolas Sarkozy in 2007 may have ...
Report: Ansar Dine spokesman seeks surrender
A spokesman for an al-Qaida-linked group in northern Mali wants to surrender and be extradited to face trial in his home country of Mauritania, ...
4 accused of anti-gay attack in France
Four people have been detained on suspicion of carrying out an attack at a Lille gay bar, the Interior Ministry said Thursday, amid nationwide ...
French president warns of security threats
French President Francois Hollande is warning of threats to France related to fighting in Mali and Syria, but says there is "no reason to raise the ...
France forces ministers to show financial records
Tax Day generally passes unnoticed in France but this year a major tax scandal involving a top member of government has made April 15 a day of ...
Translation issues prevent FFF ruling on Barton
Joey Barton's Twitter insults have been lost in translation. The French Football Federation said Monday it can't rule on a disciplinary case against ...
Paris' Crillon hotel to sell furniture, bathrobes
One of Paris' most elegant hotels is selling off everything from its front desk to the bathrobes that snuggled the rich and famous. The Hotel de ...
Bus carrying Russians crashes in Belgium, 5 dead
A Polish bus carrying Russian youngsters crashed through the guardrails of a bridge and plunged 5 meters (16 feet) to a field below on Sunday, killing ...
Ex-AP writer McArthur, who covered Vietnam, dies
Former Associated Press writer George McArthur, who was the quintessential foreign correspondent as he reported from the boulevards of Paris to the ...
As protesters jeer, Hopi masks sell in Paris
In a chaotic auction repeatedly interrupted by protests, dozens of Native American tribal masks were sold Friday after a French court ignored the ...
French judge to rule if Hopi masks can be sold
Is there such a thing as too sacred to sell? That's the question a French judge could answer Friday in a potentially landmark decision in Paris on ...
Lille makes push for Champions League spot
On the back of a good run, Lille is making a late push for a Champions League spot as it hosts second-place Marseille in the French league on Sunday.
Paris judge sets hearing on auction of Hopi items
A judge in Paris is holding a hearing Thursday on the auction of dozens of items central to an Arizona tribe's religious practices.
Gay attack victim in France becomes cause celebre
The shocking photo of a homophobic attack victim in Paris that went viral on social media this week and caused the French interior minister to weigh ...
Louvre workers walk off job over pickpockets
The Louvre was closed Wednesday after its workers walked off their jobs to protest what is said to be a rising problem of pickpockets haunting the ...
Mideast feminists reject Europe topless protests
Bewilderment, scorn, resentment. Women's rights activists across the Middle East are reacting with everything but joy to topless demonstrations in ...
Paris exhibit asks: Was there an Italian Monet?
Years before Impressionism — the influential Paris-based art movement — began, a similar style of painting capturing colorful impressions of light may ...
Some, Tadese win Paris Marathon
Kenya's Peter Some won the 37th Paris Marathon on Sunday, while Ethiopian Boru Feyse Tadese clinched the woman's event in a new record time.
Cancellara wins Paris-Roubaix for 3rd time
Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland edged out Sep Vanmarcke in a final sprint to win the Paris-Roubaix cobblestone classic for a third time on Sunday.
Matisse in Norwegian museum was once Nazi loot
The family of a prominent Parisian art dealer is demanding that a Norwegian museum return an Henri Matisse painting seized by Nazis under the ...
Ancelotti says Beckham will start vs Barcelona
Paris Saint-Germain coach Carlo Ancelotti says David Beckham will "definitely start" against Barcelona in the second leg of their Champions League ...
Ewes-ful: Paris hires sheep to mow city lawns
Will tourists soon see flocks of baaing sheep at the Eiffel Tower and bleating ewes by Notre Dame cathedral? That could be the case, since Paris City ...