The aid from Britain to India must be cancelled immediately, demanded some British parliamentarians after India's finance minister said they don't need it. The row broke out after India favoured a...

Gerard Depardieu will star as Dominique Strauss-Kahn in a film by US director Abel Ferrara about the New York sex scandal that caused the former IMF chief to resign.

Ferrera met Depardieu, 63, at...

France President Nicolas Sarkozy spends 10,000 pounds a day on food and keeps 121 cars under his Elysee Palace, a new book has claimed.

In the book titled L'argent de l'Etat (Money from the State),...

Alberto Contador was stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title Monday and banned for two years after sport's highest court found the Spanish cyclist guilty of...

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel has ignited a political storm after she openly supported French President Nicolas Sarkozy in his re-election...

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have piled fresh pressure on debt-crippled Greece, urging the country's leaders to fulfill their obligations by quickly...

PARIS -; One French minister says some civilizations - notably France's - are worth more than others. Interior Minister Claude Gueant's weekend remarks at a private gathering have...

Paris, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) Ronaldo Veitia, the coach of the Cuban women's judo team, described the delegation's performance at the 2012 Judo Grand Slam Tournament, held this weekend in...

The first round of games in the Six Nations tournament usually provides a lot of answers to rugby fans. Will England or France assert their usual status as favorites? Can Ireland and Wales turn their...

Fulham’s new Russian signing Pavel Pogrebnyak is waiting for a British visa and work permit in Paris, the Russian press reported Monday. Fulham coach Martin Jol signed Pogrebnyak on a...

Alberto Contador lost one of his three Tour de France titles after being banned for two years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Monday for failing a dope test during the 2010...

Alberto Contador (yellow jersey), shown in the final stage of the 2010 Tour de France, has been stripped of the title he won in the race due to a positive drug test. UPI/David...

Court of Arbitration for Sport overturns ruling by the Spanish Cycling Federation Appeal body says Alberto Contador likely consumed contaminated food supplement The Spaniard has been banned...

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(02-06) 05:32 PST PARIS, France (AP) -- France and Germany called Monday for the creation of a special account to ensure that billions of euros in bailout money for Greece goes directly to paying...

PARIS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German utility E.ON and Hydrocop Concessions, a group of eight energy distributors in France, announced a partnership on Monday to bid for lucrative hydropower contracts...

MADRID (AP) -- Alberto Contador was stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title Monday and banned for two years after sport's highest court found the Spanish cyclist guilty of doping. The Court of...

Eleven supercars worth up to EUR5m have been seized from outside an African leader's Paris mansion as part of money-laundering investigations. Photograph:...

To a chorus of clicking cameras, and the occasional giggle, their eyes met across a room crowded with journalists and ministers from both sides of the Rhine.The couple seemed slightly self-conscious...

Saxo Bank-Sungard rider Alberto Contador leaves the team bus before the start of the first stage of the Challenge Mallorca cycling tour in Palma de Mallorca on the Spanish Balearic island of...

Air France and other airlines have so far limited the damage on Monday from a strike by aviation industry workers by canceling or rescheduling at least 100 flights in advance, Paris aviation...

Alberto Contador of Spain gives the thumbs up on the podium after the 18th stage of the Tour de France cycling race in Bordeaux, France, July 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Christophe...

Emaar's hospitality unit has postponed plans to expand its The Address Hotels + Resorts branded projects in France and Indonesia, it was reported on Monday. The Domaine de Lavagnac in the...

MADRID - Alberto Contador was stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title today and banned for two years after sport's highest court found the Spanish cyclist guilty of doping. The Court of...

MADRID, Spain -- Alberto Contador was stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title Monday and banned for two years after sport's highest court found the Spanish cyclist guilty of doping. The Court...

Alberto Contador of Spain, a three-time Tour de France champion, was stripped of his 2010 title by the Court of Arbitration for Sport because of a failed drug...

Astana team rider Alberto Contador of Spain celebrates his leader yellow jersey on the podium of the 15th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Pamiers and...

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has met a delegation of French senators, led by Nathalie Goulet, head of the France-Azerbaijan working group. The head of state thanked Goulet and the other...

AFP PHOTO ERIC ESTRADE French police arrested at the home of his companion Jean-Claude Mas, the founder of the breast implant company PIP at the centre of an international health scare, a police...

France appeared to lessen the prospect of an early withdrawal from the 10-year war in Afghanistan on Saturday, stressing its commitment to the country after an Afghan soldier killed four of its...

France could seal a long-awaited deal for Dassault to sell at least 60 Rafale fighter jets to the UAE by April, turning around what appeared to have been a lost cause, French newspaper La Tribune...

PARIS (Reuters) - France will for the first time import more electricity from Britain than from its long-standing partner Germany at peak time on Monday as the Germans are forced to retain spare...

(MADRID) -; Alberto Contador was stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title Monday and banned for two years after sport's highest court found him guilty of doping. The Court of Arbitration for...

Paris, Feb. 1 2006 (VOA News) -- A French newspaper has published Danish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed that have stirred outrage in the Muslim world. France-Soir newspaper says it is simply...

CCFC Praises France Baby TV Ban; Urges FTC Action in the US WASHINGTON - August 19 - Yesterday,...

Despite strong protests from the government of Comoros, the island of Mayotte has officially become the 101st department of France; or an integral part of the French...

Despite heavy protests from Comoros, the Comoran island Mayotte soon will become a department and an integrated part of France. The move could further divide France and Comoros, or bring them closer...

The French Defence Minister has confirmed that military action against the Ghaddafi regime can start only hours after the UN Security Council approves of...