French prosecutors are investigating the reopening of the adult website Coco, now renamed Cocoland, on which sex criminal Dominique Pelicot used a chatroom to find dozens of strangers to rape his sedated wife Gisèle Pelicot. The platform has also been…

A French mayor’s attempt to bar a popular fast-food outlet from selling “junk food” has kicked off a bitter feud in the Paris suburb of Saint-Ouen, giving France’s fractious left yet another subject to wrangle over. 

France is facing mounting pressure over cadmium – a toxic heavy metal linked to cancer and found in everyday foods – as fresh health warnings, public anger and political action intensify around a long-running contamination crisis now heading for a par…

A remotely operated submarine has begun uncovering the secrets of a 16th-century shipwreck lying 2.5 kilometres beneath the Mediterranean off southern France, where researchers are delicately recovering brightly coloured ceramic treasures from the dee…

A routine French parliamentary inquiry into public broadcasters has turned into a high-profile political spectacle, amplifying far-right attacks on public media. Led by 32-year-old Charles Alloncle, the probe has drawn widespread attention through voc…

A swipe from President Emmanuel Macron at French hardliners over Algeria has elicited a sharp response from right-wing presidential candidate Bruno Retailleau, as tensions over diplomacy, immigration and security enter the 2027 race for the Elysée Pal…

French people are scaling back their summer holiday plans, spending less and staying closer to home as international tensions, rising energy costs and inflation weigh on travel decisions, a survey published on Tuesday found.

With little more than a year to go before France elects its next president, at least two potential candidates have decided to open up about their love lives in a bid to win over French voters. While Emmanuel Macron’s former protégé and prime minister …