French retailers banking on naked desire

French retailers banking on naked desire

Jan 08 - 100 French shoppers have stripped down to their underwear in a bid to bag a bargain on the first day of key new year sales in Paris...

Hostage siege in French manhunt

Hostage siege in French manhunt

At least one hostage is seized in a town north-east of Paris, as French police close-in on the two men suspected of massacring staff at Char...

German Airbus crashes in French Alps: 150 dead

German Airbus crashes in French Alps: 150 dead

Search teams deploy after an Airbus operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline crashed in a remote area of the French Alps on Tuesda...

French DM: No message to NATO from Greece vote

French DM: No message to NATO from Greece vote

French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drain said, "It would be a very bad analysis to think that the vote in Greece is againt NATO." Rough Cu...

French drug trial leaves one brain dead, five injured

French drug trial leaves one brain dead, five injured

One person has died and five others are in a serious condition after taking part in a French drug trial of an experimental painkiller. Rough...

Our sleep patterns inherited from hunter-gatherers, says study

Our sleep patterns inherited from hunter-gatherers, says study

A study of a remote Africa tribe wearing actigraphs suggests for the first time that a 50-year-old theory on animal sleep patterns applies t...

French restaurants make fine dining affordable for foodies

French restaurants make fine dining affordable for foodies

Food lovers are able to experience some of France's finest restaurants at half the price during a week-long festival. Sharon Reich reports."...

Islamists suspected in attack on French gas plant

Islamists suspected in attack on French gas plant

Assailants rammed a car into a gas plant in France on Friday morning, triggering two blasts that killed one person. A decapitated head and I...

U.S. citizens  courageous  in French train shooting - minister

U.S. citizens courageous in French train shooting - minister

France's Interior Minister says the country's anti-terrorism prosecutor is investigating a shooting that left three people wounded...

Thirteen killed in French bar fire

Thirteen killed in French bar fire

France's interior minister says 13 people have been killed and six injured in a fire at a bar in the centre of the city of Rouen in nor...

Cousteau emerges from ocean after 31 days

Cousteau emerges from ocean after 31 days

Fabien Cousteau, grandson of famed French oceanographer Jacques Cousteau, emerged off the Florida Keys to mark the end of 31 days underwater...

Parisians lay flowers at scene of deadly attack on Charlie Hebdo headquarters

Parisians lay flowers at scene of deadly attack on Charlie Hebdo headquarters

Parisians pay tribute to the 12 victims of an attack at French magazine Charlie Hebdo's headquarters, placing flowers and candles near the s...

Parisians  horrified  by carnage at weekly newspaper

Parisians horrified by carnage at weekly newspaper

Parisians flock to the Place de la Republic for a silent vigil, as the country reels from the worst militant assault on French soil in recen...

Al Qaeda in Yemen claims responsibility for Paris attack

Al Qaeda in Yemen claims responsibility for Paris attack

Video posted on a social media website purports to show Al Qaeda in Yemen claiming responsibility for the attack on French satirical newspap...

Plane crash victim's father:  I don't feel anger

Plane crash victim's father: I don't feel anger

Parents of an American victim of the French Alps plane crash say they aren't looking to launch legal action, and don't feel anger towards th...

Germanwings crash pilot planned big gesture - paper

Germanwings crash pilot planned big gesture - paper

A German newspaper reports that the co-pilot suspected of deliberately crashing a plane in the French Alps told a former girlfriend he was p...

Jake Gyllenhaal, Sienna Miller join fellow Cannes jury members as Cannes gears up

Jake Gyllenhaal, Sienna Miller join fellow Cannes jury members as Cannes gears up

The jury that will decide what film will take home the coveted Palme d'Or prize at the 68th Cannes Film Festival arrives on the sun-drenched...

EU tells Greece time's up

EU tells Greece time's up

The EU has bluntly warned Greece's Prime Minister that time was up and he should stop playing with his cash-strapped country's fut...

France on alert after Islamic state threatens more attacks

France on alert after Islamic state threatens more attacks

Islamic State threatens further attacks on France after claiming responsibility for a series of deadly assaults by gunmen and bombers across...

Seven people detained following raids in Brussels: Belgian prosecutors

Seven people detained following raids in Brussels: Belgian prosecutors

Belgian officials say seven people have been detained in Brussels in connection to the Paris attacks, as French police release the first nam...