One of the world's most prominent public figures and formerly a frontrunner for the French presidency, disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been tainted by a series of sex scandals.

Abdelkader Merah, brother of the Islamist gunman who killed seven people in southwest France, was was handed preliminary murder and terrorism charges on Sunday and remanded in custody, a judicial sour

France will bar radical Muslim preachers from entering the country to participate in an Islamic conference next month as part of a crackdown after shootings by an al Qaeda-inspired gunman, President N

The Louvre on Friday unveiled a newly-restored Leonardo Da Vinci masterpiece, the 'Saint Anne', hoping to lay to rest an art world row that saw the Paris museum accused of endangering the precious oil

The brother of an al Qaeda-inspired gunman who killed seven people was taken to Paris on Saturday for further questioning about the massacre that has raised questions about national security four week

France's president Nicolas Sarkozy proposed a sweeping new law on Thursday that would jail those who visit extremist web sites -- one of several tough new measures floated in the wake of a murderous s

France's president proposed a sweeping new law on Thursday that would see repeat visitors to extremist web sites put behind bars - one of several tough measures floated in the wake of a murderous shoo

French Interior Minister Claude Gueant said on Thursday it was not clear if the besieged suspected shooter in Toulouse was still alive because police had ‘no contact’ with him during the night.

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A newly-discovered asteroid, roughly the size of a soccer field, is going to whiz past our planet at just 24,000 km, a mere whisker in cosmic terms.

A call for a 'Buy European Act' by French President Nicolas Sarkozy based on a US law that obliges use of domestically-made products in public contracts, could prove troublesome, economists warn.

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