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Morocco is reportedly evaluating the possibility of acquiring the Rafale F4.3 fighter aircraft as part of its ongoing military modernization programme, amid closer defence cooperation with France. While neither Rabat nor Paris has officially confirmed negotiations, renewed speculation has drawn attention to the potential role of the French-built......
Women's rights organisations and child protection groups are set to hold demonstrations across France on Saturday, calling for comprehensive reforms to combat sexual violence following the death of 11-year-old Lyhanna, a case that has sparked widespread public emotion and renewed debate over the country's approach to protecting women......
Firefighters remain heavily deployed in southern France as crews continue efforts to fully extinguish a major wildfire that has scorched hundreds of hectares in the Aude department, despite the blaze now being brought under control. Authorities warned that Saturday remains a high-risk day for new outbreaks, with extreme fire danger persisting......
The global oil market is expected to require three to four months to return to normal conditions following months of disruption in the Middle East, according to Patrick Pouyanné, who says lingering logistical challenges continue to distort prices despite the easing of regional tensions. Speaking at an economic forum in Aix-en-Provence,......
The parents of a young man with disabilities who drowned during a supervised outing in southwestern France have filed a legal complaint against the French state, alleging that excessive judicial delays have denied them timely access to justice. Laurence and Henri Ruot have brought the case before the Paris Judicial Court, accusing the state......
French social media personality Paffman is set to appear before the Lille Criminal Court on December 1 after prosecutors announced charges that include the alleged glorification of rape and murder following controversial content shared on TikTok. The case intensified after the Lille Public Prosecutor's Office received a report through......
A former school transport driver has been sentenced to 12 years in prison by the Paris Criminal Court after being found guilty of multiple counts of rape, sexual assault and violence against young passengers with disabilities, including two minors. The verdict concludes a trial that highlighted the heightened vulnerability of children and......
French shipping giant CMA CGM is considering scrapping one of its container vessels after it sustained extensive damage in a missile strike during the recent conflict in the Strait of Hormuz, according to the company's chief executive. Speaking at a business conference in southern France on Friday, Chairman and CEO Rodolphe Saadé......
An appeal court in France has upheld the conviction of Algerian TikTok personality Boualem Naman, widely known online as Doualemn, sentencing him to five months in prison with a suspended sentence for incitement to violence. The Montpellier Court of Appeal confirmed the lower court's ruling, bringing to a close the criminal appeal while......
Construction workers installing fiber-optic cables in Verson, near Caen in France’s Calvados region, have uncovered 75 Second World War-era bombs, in a discovery that briefly halted works but posed no immediate danger to the public. The objects, found during routine excavation, are believed to be concrete training bombs used for military......
The French Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, is expected to meet “in the near future” at Matignon with the mother of a child victim linked to the so-called Affaire Lyhanna, as political and judicial scrutiny intensifies over alleged systemic failures in handling prior complaints against the main suspect. The announcement......
Tensions within France's conservative camp have intensified after Bruno Retailleau sharply criticized fellow conservative Laurent Wauquiez over comments seen as favorable to Édouard Philippe ahead of the 2027 presidential election. Retailleau dismissed Wauquiez's remarks with a pointed quip, saying he did not "wish enough......
French prosecutors have opened an investigation into a road accident involving an official government vehicle transporting former Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, following a collision with a motorcycle in Paris that left the rider injured. The inquiry is being conducted on allegations of unintentional bodily injury caused by a driver,......
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