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Africa

French Navy Seizes Nearly 10 Tonnes Of Cocaine Off West African Coast

The French navy has seized nearly 10 tonnes of cocaine, worth $610m (£540m) off the coast of West Africa, French authorities have said. Two French naval vessels operating as part of Operation Corymbe intercepted the enormous cocaine haul from an unflagged fishing vessel on Monday, acting on a tip-off from maritime intelligence, anti-drug authorities and the British National Crime Agency. The Corymbe naval mission has been deployed by France in […]

todaySeptember 25, 2025

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Featured

French skier Simond, 18, Dies In Training Accident

French skier Margot Simond has died at the age of 18 after an accident in training in Val d'Isere on Thursday. The teenager was in training for a Red Bull Alpine event in France this weekend when she suffered a fall. A doctor attempted to resuscitate Simond, but she could not be revived. The full details of Simond's death are not yet known. Simond, who was crowned U18 slalom champion […]

todayApril 25, 2025

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Niger Dumps French, Adopts Hausa As National Language

Niger military government has officially made Hausa the country’s new national language, moving away from its colonial past where French played a central role. The change was announced in a new charter released on March 31, published in a special edition of the government’s official journal. According to the document, “The national language is Hausa,” and “the working languages are English and French.” Hausa is already the most commonly spoken […]

todayApril 9, 2025

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Foreign

Iran Releases French Tourist Held Since 2022

  A French tourist detained by Iranian authorities for more than two years has been released and returned to France, President Emmanuel Macron has said. Olivier Grondeau, 34, is "free" and with his family, Macron wrote on X on Thursday, adding: "We share his family's immense happiness and relief." Mr Grondeau was arrested in southern Iran in October 2022 and sentenced to five years in prison for "conspiracy against the […]

todayMarch 20, 2025

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Entertainment

French Film Star Anouk Aimée Dies Aged 92

French film star Anouk Aimée, who was a popular leading lady for several of Europe's most influential directors, has died aged 92. Aimée appeared in dozens of films across her eight-decade career, including starring in Claude Lelouch's A Man and a Woman, for which she was nominated for an Oscar. She died at her home in Paris on Tuesday, Sébastien Perrolat, of the TimeArt agency, told the AFP news agency. […]

todayJune 19, 2024

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Foreign

Two French Prison Officers Killed In Ambush

Two French prison officers have been killed in an ambush on a prison van near Rouen in Normandy. Reports in French media suggest an inmate who was being transported in the van has escaped together with the attackers. France's Justice Minister, Eric Dupond-Moretti, said three other officers were severely injured. He also said he was convening the Justice Ministry's crisis unit. French President Emmanuel Macron wrote on X that "everything […]

todayMay 14, 2024

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Foreign

French Police Officers Given Suspended Sentences For Brutal Assault

Three French police officers have been given suspended jail sentences for assaulting a black man with a baton in a north-west Paris suburb. One officer received a 12-month suspended sentence and the other two received three-month sentences. Théo Luhaka was left disabled with irreversible anal injuries from a police baton during a stop-and-search in Aulnay-sous-Bois in February 2017. Mr Luhaka, then 22, also said he was beaten, racially abused and […]

todayJanuary 20, 2024

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Foreign

French Police Break Up Pro-Palestinian Demo

Police in the centre of Paris used tear gas and water cannon to break up a pro-Palestinian rally, after the French government banned such demonstrations. Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said those defying it should be arrested as "they are susceptible to disrupt public order.'' Despite the ban, thousands of protesters gathered in Paris, Lille, Bordeaux and other cities on Thursday. President Emmanuel Macron appealed to people not to foment internal […]

todayOctober 13, 2023

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Foreign

Stray Bullet Kills French Woman In Marseille

A 24-year-old woman has died after a stray bullet aimed at a drug-dealing hotspot hit her in the head in her flat in the French city of Marseille. According to Prosecutors the bullet was fired at random and pierced a window panel in the woman's bedroom. Marseille has been rocked by escalating violence between drug gangs, leaving at least 40 people dead this year. BBC reported that the woman is […]

todaySeptember 12, 2023