France News

The French government is considering levying a new smartphone tax at a rate of 1% in order to protect the French entertainment-cultural industry.

French health officials reported the need to test for additional cases of the SARS-like coronavirus that appears to have emerged from the Middle East, as the novel virus continues to demonstrate its ability to spread among human populations.

The largest sand dune in Europe, The Great Dune of Pyla, is swallowing up parts of France, including houses, roads and even a forest.

Reims - In what may have been a gas explosion, an apartment building in Reims in northern France has collapsed, killing at least two people and injuring 14.

How do we reconcile that a man who could drug and violate a 13-year-old girl could also make undeniably great films like “Chinatown”, “Tess” and “The Pianist”? Unfortunately, “Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir” doesn't answer that question.

The French Senate has passed legislation that will allow for same-sex marriage, with a vote of 179 to 159. The vote solidifes one of the main campaign promises made by the French Socialist President François Hollande,

Homosexuals in France are being targeted in a wave of violent attacks, just as a bill allowing marriage for all is being debated.

French military forces have launched one of their biggest operations in Mali today, with Operation Gustav. At least one thousand French soldiers are taking part in the operation.

An audio recording by Al-Qaeda's leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was released today on several militant websites. The audio recording, produced by AQ's media wing As-Sahab, was under two hours long, with the Al-Qaeda leader discussing a wide variety of issues.

AQIM has released a statement published on Islamist internet sites denying French claims that it had killed one of it's leaders.