France

French far-right leader convicted of embezzlement, barred from public office for five years

French Research Minister Philippe Baptiste said a local scientist was denied entry to the United States this month after immigration officers searched his phone and found messages in which he criticized the Trump administration. The incident in question occurred last...

The European Democratic Party President emphasized the need for a EU common defense

The Vaucluse Criminal Court in Avignon (in southeastern France) sentenced Dominique Pelicot to the maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. It also found all 50 of his co-defendants guilty at the end of a historic four-month serial rape trial...

The total number of rapes committed is 92, with 83 men involved, invited over the internet by the ex-spouse, over the years

French government funds two-week mission to protect athletes and visitors

Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra presented the latest data from the Paris authorities' anti-abuse campaign

The 34-year-old Parisian is also the first to be openly gay

The man, a 25-year-old with French citizenship, is accused of stabbing a German tourist to death