Three French prison officers were killed and two others wounded Tuesday in an attack on a prison van transporting an inmate who escaped, a police source told AFP. The hit-and-run attack took place late morning at a road toll in Incarville in the Eure region of northern France, another source close to the case added.…

Iran condemned as "interfering" Tuesday a French foreign ministry statement accusing it of "state hostage-taking" and "blackmail" in the detention of four French nationals. "We strongly condemn such unprofessional, interfering and inappropriate positions while resorting to false references," foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani told state news agency IRNA. "The people mentioned in the statement of…

French President Emmanuel Macron was on Monday set to warn Chinese leader Xi Jinping against backing Russia in the conflict over Ukraine but also seek to enlist his help in finding an end to the war.

New Nigeria People's Party (NNPP) and northern leaders, yesterday, warned the Federal Government to be cautious in signing any defence pact with France and the United States of America. The party noted that countries like Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso had recently expelled French and American soldiers from their bases and were now reportedly lobbying…

A freak overnight mudslide in northern France killed a 57-year-old woman, local authorities said Thursday.

France's Court of Cassation on Wednesday confirmed the conviction of former premier Francois Fillon in a fake jobs scandal that wrecked his 2017 presidential bid but ordered a new trial for his sentencing. Fillon, 70, was sentenced on appeal on May 9, 2022, to four years' jail, three years of which were suspended, and a…

Authorities have cancelled hundreds of flights at French airports on Thursday despite the country's main air traffic controllers' union dropping a call for a one-day strike after making a deal for higher pay. In Paris around 75 percent of flights at Orly and 55 percent at Charles de Gaulle airport would be dropped Thursday, the…

At least five migrants, including a child, died overnight trying to cross the Channel from France to Britain on their overcrowded small boat, local authorities said. Three men and a woman were also among those killed on the dinghy carrying 110 people from the beach in the town of Wimereux, close to the resort of…

A French court on Wednesday condemned a nurse to two years under house arrest for stealing more than $1.6 million from national health insurance through claims for bogus appointments. The court in the southern town of Marseille found the 67-year-old guilty of a "large-scale scam" that notably exploited the details of vulnerable migrants. From 2017…

France and its allies Monday sought to drum up hundreds of millions in aid for Sudan a year since its civil war erupted, sparking one of the world's worst and most underfunded humanitarian crises.

Super Eagles of Nigeria dropped position in the latest FIFA world ranking released on Thursday. The ranking that was published on FIFA's website saw the Eagles drop from 28th position to 30th. In Africa, the 2023 AFCON runners-up are in third place behind Morocco and Senegal. Morocco occupies the number one position on the continent…

France's top diplomat said Monday that Paris expects China to send "clear messages" to its close partner Russia over its war in Ukraine, after meetings with his counterpart in Beijing.