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The warrant was issued after a French court on Friday handed former Australian rugby star Rocky Elsom, 41, a five-year jail sentence for forgery and embezzlement of around 700,000 euros during his time as chairman of rugby club RC Narbonne, in southern France, from 2015 to 2016.

Dozens of protesters stormed the runway at the airport in the capital, Fort-de-France, prompting its closure.

Fresh riots over rising prices have resulted in one death, 26 injured police officers and widespread looting on the Caribbean island. 

Michel Barnier's administration is seeking deep spending cuts and higher taxes in an effort to tame state's ballooning debt and deficit.

The remnants of Hurricane Kirk swept into western Europe on Wednesday,  dumping heavy rains on France and leaving at least one person dead.

Two weeks after taking office, administration gets over the first hurdle placed by left-wing MPs to bring down new conservative prime minister Michel Barnier.

Sonia Mejri, a former wife of an emir of the Islamic State (IS) armed group, is to stand trial for genocide and crimes against humanity.

Interior minister Bruno Retailleau said he had signed an order banning Omar Binladin and barring him from returning after the latter posted comments on social media deemed to have glorified terrorism.

France's Finance Minister Antoine Armand aims to bring the public deficit down to five percent of GDP next year, with a longer-term goal of reducing it below the EU's three percent limit by 2029.

A 14-year-old boy has been arrested in the southern French port city of Marseille on suspicion of shooting a cab driver in the head after he reportedly refused to wait for the teenager while he carried out a drugs-related revenge killing for the fatal stabbing of a 15-year-old.