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France to send 2,500 troops to Mali, official says
An official at France's Defense Ministry says the country will "gradually deploy" a total of 2,500 troops to Mali, and the French president says the ...
Warplane sale on French agenda in UAE
France's president opened talks with top leaders in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday in hopes of pushing ahead efforts to sell up to 60 Rafale fighter jets to the ...
Mali rebels make gains, vow to avenge French bombs
Despite a punishing bombardment by French warplanes, al-Qaida-linked insurgents grabbed more territory in Mali on Monday, seizing a strategic military ...
French president bares tough side in Africa fights
Bombing militants in Mali may be the most popular thing Francois Hollande has done as France's president. The bespectacled and self-described "normal" ...
Panetta: US helping French forces with intel
The U.S. is already providing intelligence-gathering assistance to the French in their assault on Islamist extremists in Mali, Defense Secretary Leon ...
Somali militants post photo of dead French soldier
In a gruesome display that included a taunt of France's president, Somali militants on Monday posted photos of what appeared to be a dead French ...
No easy exit for French fighting terror in Mali
France, breaking its own rules with a surprise military intervention in Mali, raises the specter of an African quagmire in a new theater of the West's ...
French jets bomb major Malian city in north
French fighter jets bombed rebel targets in a major city in Mali's north Sunday, pounding the airport as well as training camps, warehouses and ...
Gay marriage protest converges on Eiffel Tower
Holding aloft ancient flags and young children, hundreds of thousands of people converged Sunday on the Eiffel Tower to protest the French president's ...
Hundreds of French troops drive back Mali rebels
The battle to retake Mali's north from the al-Qaida-linked groups controlling it began in earnest Saturday, after hundreds of French forces deployed ...
France chooses Africa intervention carefully
France has a history of intervention in Africa, where it was a colonial power for decades and still maintains several military sites and has hundreds ...
France ups terror threat level after Mali strike
The French president says the country will raise its domestic terror threat level after military action in Mali and Somalia, promising to increase ...
Kurd protest in Paris demands justice in killings
Thousands of Kurds from across Europe descended upon Paris on Saturday, demanding justice for three activists shot dead in the French capital.
France: ready to stop advance of Mali rebels
President Francois Hollande said Friday that France will be ready to intervene to stop al-Qaida-linked militants in Mali who have been moving toward ...
Mali seeks French help against extremists
Mali's president asked France for help Thursday to counter an offensive by extremist and terrorist groups who control the northern half of the country ...
3 Kurds killed in Paris; political motive claimed
Three Kurdish activists, including reportedly one of the founding members of a militant separatist group, were shot dead in what authorities called ...
Offshore account dispute snarls top French taxman
The man at the forefront of France's fight against fiscal fraud is now one of those being investigated. Budget Minister Jerome Cahuzac has spent ...
France affirms nuclear arms despite military cuts
France's president says the country will maintain its costly nuclear arsenal despite looming military budget cuts, saying the weapons are essential ...
Hollande details plan to put French state on diet
President Francois Hollande says his previously-announced plan to put France's bloated government on a diet includes cutting state aid to companies.
Debate erupts in France over blocking online ads
France's Digital Economy minister said Monday she persuaded a top Internet access provider to stop its controversial policy of blocking online ...
Depardieu, in tax fight, gets Russian citizenship
The Kremlin has cast Gerard Depardieu in one of the most surprising roles of his life — as a new Russian citizen. The announcement Thursday that ...
Central African Republic rebels ignore negotiation
President Francois Bozize's government came under growing threat Monday as rebels vowing to overthrow him rejected appeals from the African Union to ...
African Union head visits Central African Republic
The leader of the African Union, Benin's President Thomas Boni Yayi, has proposed a government of national unity to resolve the rebel conflict in ...
French panel overturns 75 percent tax on ultrarich
Embattled French President Francois Hollande suffered a fresh setback Saturday when France's highest court threw out a plan to tax the ultrawealthy ...