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IMF: pace of austerity must depend on economy
The pace at which countries like Greece and Spain cut their deficits with austerity measures must depend on their economic conditions, International ...
Thieves with an arty eye: Heists over the years
A Rotterdam museum art heist this week netted paintings by Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, Henri Matisse and others — but it's not the first time that ...
SKorea lifts ban on graphic Marquis de Sade novel
It's been almost two centuries since his death, yet French writer the Marquis de Sade has lost none of his ability to trigger moral debate. In Asia, ...
Mauritanian President Aziz recovers in Paris
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who was injured in a "friendly fire" shooting Saturday, is recovering rapidly at a French military ...
French president lands in Congo after Senegal stop
French President Francois Hollande landed early Saturday in Congo, where he is to take part in a summit of French-speaking countries, after months of ...
Paris prosecutor opens preliminary probe into LVMH
The Paris prosecutor's office says it has opened a preliminary investigation into scarf and bag maker Hermes' claim that luxury giant LVMH Moet ...
French upset by lenient sentences in rape trial
Lenient sentences and acquittals for 14 men accused of gang raping two teenage girls are causing a stir in France, where women's organizations decry ...
Prosecutor: French terror cell planned Syria trip
A network of French Islamists behind a grenade attack on a kosher market also planned to join jihadists fighting in Syria, a state prosecutor said ...
France, Spain: Europe must keep promises in crisis
The leaders of France and Spain said Wednesday that the 17 countries that use the euro already have all the tools they need to solve their debt crisis ...
French police find bomb material in terror probe
French police discovered bomb-making materials in an underground parking lot near Paris as part of a probe of an "extremely dangerous terrorist cell" ...
Louvre reveals dark faces of Old Master Raphael
Raphael, the third in the Renaissance trinity of Michaelango and Leonardo Da Vinci, is famed for his serene paintings of classic subjects — orderly, ...
Jews in France fear wave of attacks
The gunshots outside a synagogue and the grenade that shattered the windows of a kosher grocery spread fear into the streets — but caused little ...
France boosts security at religious sites
France is boosting security at Jewish and other religious sites after blanks were fired at a synagogue and police accused a suspected cell of radical ...
1 dead, 11 arrested in anti-terror sweep in France
Police carried out raids across France on Saturday after DNA on a grenade that exploded last month at a kosher grocery store led them to a suspected ...
Angry birds attack French tax on entrepreneurs
France's government is under attack by a flock of furious "pigeons." And the angry birds have won the first battle. A group of entrepreneurs calling ...
Top designer labels abandon Argentina
Adios, Armani. Hasta la vista, Louis Vuitton. The world's most luxurious designer brands are abandoning Argentina rather than comply with tight new ...
Louis V, Miu Miu and Elie Saab give grand finale
Marc Jacobs, more than anyone, knows that it's not what you say but how you say it. The Louis Vuitton showman thus capped an incredibly strong Paris ...
Chanel heads up imaginative, spirited day of shows
"Don't take things too seriously," said Karl Lagerfeld standing next to a towering wind turbine inside Paris' Grand Palais, "especially not fashion.
24-hour strike paralyzes Belgium train traffic
A 24-hour strike by Belgian rail workers on Wednesday paralyzed train traffic throughout Belgium and the international high-speed service to London ...
Fashion show canceled after collection is lost
There's going to be a one-hour hole in the normally tight Paris Fashion Week calendar, after representatives of label Hakaan said its entire ...
Givenchy, Hermes and Celine get elegant
True style doesn't try too hard. That was the statement at Paris Fashion Week, alarmingly simple, but proved in a number of ready-to-wear ...
Thousands march in Paris against austerity
Thousands of demonstrators marched peacefully Sunday in Paris to denounce austerity measures in Europe that have sparked violent protests in other EU ...
Hermes' stylish take on vibrant modernism
Summing up his spring-summer 2013 show for Hermes, the house of the jet-setting fashion buyer, Christophe Lemaire said, "a sharp, modernist traveler.
Iran condemns US for taking group off terror list
Iran condemned on Saturday the Obama administration for taking an Iranian militant group formerly allied with Saddam Hussein off the U.S.