French President Emmanuel Macron has acknowledged in a New Year’s address to the nation that his decision to dissolve ...

King Louis Philippe I of France received an American visitor, a Mr. Hughes, the American charge d’affaires in Stockholm.

France is to hold a day of national mourning after Cyclone Chido devastated its Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte earlier ...

France’s iconic capital city is filled with fantastic monuments ... Musee d’Orsay focusses on art from between 1848 and 1914.

France raised a flag on Tuesday over its embassy in Damascus, Syria, after it had been closed for 12 years during the country’s civil war, the foreign ministry said. France sent a team of diplomats to ...

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PARIS, Dec 17 (Reuters) - France raised the flag on Tuesday over its embassy in Damascus 12 years after cutting ties with Syria's Bashar al-Assad amid the country's civil war, with its diplomats ...

A Syrian girl with the revolutionary flag painted on her face in Damascus ... Given its connection to Syria's fight for independence from France, it has been used to represent freedom for the ...

France's President Emmanuel Macron named Francois Bayrou as his new prime minister to run his government on Friday, his office said, after his previous choice for the role served the shortest term ...

Damascus (AFP) – With the fall of president Bashar al-Assad, the independence-era flag adopted by activists and rebels during the 2011 revolt has replaced the official flag on streets ...