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After bad month for French cuisine, farms in focus
Stung by Europe's growing horse meat scandal, French farmers and food industry officials on Saturday were flocking to Paris to show off their wares ...
President's personal life hits French stage
A vow to keep his private life out of the public eye helped sweep Francois Hollande to power last year as France's president, attracting voters tired ...
Mali rebels fighting in Gao; car explodes in Kidal
Islamic extremists clashed with military in Mali's northern city of Gao, a military official said Thursday, as French forces continued their push to ...
US CEO ridicules French workers as time-wasting
A straight-talking U.S. businessman and a European socialist government were never likely to become the firmest of friends, but a letter from Maurice ...
Cameroon president orders urgent rescue of French
Military helicopters are searching for a vacationing French family of seven kidnapped in Cameroon, and security around the region is being increased ...
Moment of reckoning for French troops in Mali
It's crunch time in Mali for the French military. Radical Islamist fighters spent weeks on the run from Malian cities under a French ground and air ...
French soldier killed in Mali clash with radicals
A French soldier was shot to death on Tuesday in a clash with jihadists in a mountainous region of Mali's far north, a critical operation in France's ...
Correction: France-Holocaust Theft story
In a Feb. 14 story about France giving back seven paintings taken from their Jewish owners during World War II, The Associated Press erroneously ...
French president visits Athens amid media blackout
French President Francois Hollande pledged investments in Greece's ailing economy during a brief visit on Tuesday, seen as a show of support for the ...
Nigeria hostage crisis differs from Algerian drama
The kidnapping of seven foreign workers in Nigeria claimed by an Islamic extremist group has touched a nerve in Europe, coming just weeks after the ...
Hollande says France to miss 2013 growth target
France's economy, Europe's second-biggest, will grow by less than previously thought in 2013, President Francois Hollande confirmed Tuesday. While on ...
Germany: Tighter controls needed on meat products
German officials on Monday vowed tighter controls on meat products and stronger penalties for companies that violate food-labeling rules as more items ...
US legislators in Mali on fact-finding mission
A delegation of U.S. lawmakers met with military officials in Mali's capital on Monday, and urged caution as the French-led military intervention to ...
US lawmakers meet with Iranian exiles in Paris
With its militant wing no longer a terror organization as far as the U.S. government is concerned, an Iranian opposition group hosted a U.S.
French, Malian forces take control of Bourem
Hundreds of French and Malian soldiers have retaken the jihadist stronghold of Bourem, a town where many radical Islamic fighters were believed to ...
French, Mali troops recover explosives in Gao
French soldiers on Wednesday recovered an enormous stash of explosives that authorities believe radical Islamic fighters were using to make bombs for ...
Peugeot Citroen posts $6.7 billion loss for 2012
PSA Peugeot Citroen posted a record €5 billion ($6.7 billion) loss last year after Europe's cratering car market forced France's largest automaker to ...
French Assembly passes gay marriage, adoption bill
France's lower house of parliament approved a sweeping bill on Tuesday to legalize gay marriage and allow same-sex couples to adopt children, handing ...
Mali soldiers step up presence in Gao after attack
Soldiers from Niger and Mali patrolled downtown Gao on foot Tuesday, combing the sand footpaths through empty market stalls to prevent radical Islamic ...
Romania: Slaughterhouses did not commit fraud
A maze of trading between meat wholesalers has made it increasingly difficult to trace the origins of food — enabling horsemeat disguised as beef to ...
French, Malian troops control Gao; seek out rebels
Malian soldiers scoured the city of Gao on Monday for remnants of the radical Islamic fighters who invaded the town and engaged in an hours-long fight ...
Islamic extremists attack Malian troops in Gao
Black-robed Islamic extremists armed with AK-47 automatic rifles invaded Gao in wooden boats Sunday to launch a surprise attack on the most populous ...
France hunting fraudsters in horsemeat scandal
Europe's horsemeat scandal is spreading and threatening cross-border tensions, as France says Romanian butchers and Dutch and Cypriot traders were ...
Locals: Mali suicide bomber tied to terror leader
A young militant who locals say had ties with terror leader Moktar Belmoktar blew himself up Friday near a military checkpoint on the outskirts of ...
EU leaders agree to $1.28 trillion 7-year budget
European Union leaders agreed Friday to a significantly reduced 7-year budget worth €960 billion ($1.28 trillion) — the first cut in spending in the ...