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Jean-Marc Ayrault said his priority was to end 'massacres' in Aleppo rather than focus on whether Russian president would visit on October 19th.

Move by French authorities is bid to ease chronic overcrowding that officials say breeds conditions for Islamist radicalisation of prisoners.

The far-right party and two of its senior officials ordered to stand trial for alleged fraud, abuse of trust and misuse of assets in 2012 elections.

Reports claim French airline has suffered a string of worrying attempts to sabotage its planes, apparently by radicalised ground staff.

Jean-Marie Le Pen seeks to overturn his expulsion from the far-right party he founded, the Front National, which is now led by daughter Marine.

Paris and Berlin announce plans to share air base and transport planes, probably at Orléans in central France, as part of a closer defence policy.

Presidential hopeful Emmanuel Macron says French politicians typically throw taxpayers' money at problems instead of tackling them head-on.

Ministers announce order for 15 high-speed trains, mostly for tracks on which they cannot run at top speed, to preserve jobs at Alstom plant.

Nourane Houas was released having been kidnapped in Yemen last December while working for the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Idea for free short story vending machines was trialled a year ago in Grenoble train station, and will now be rolled out across more stations.