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The prolific writer, creator of the top-selling SAS series, has died aged 83 after completing his 200th novel and a claimed 100 million book sales.

French authorities warned of a rabies threat after a cat died of the disease near Paris, the first known case since 2008.

Feminists express outrage at a move by well-known journalists, actors and lawyers to attack proposed changes in prostitution laws.  

Opinion polls and local election victory chart rise of the National Front, whose progress in France mirrors that of nationalist parties elsewhere.

Four hostages kidnapped in 2010 by al Qaeda-linked group arrive back in Paris where officials denied reports a ransom was paid for their release.

The four male hostages, kidnapped in Niger in 2010 at a uranium mine run by the French nuclear company Areva, are reportedly in fair health.

Nicole Bricq said Paris must not 'whine' over the NSA spying scandal but become better organized with its own economic intelligence gathering.

The French government has “suspended indefinitely” a green tax on heavy goods vehicles due in January 2014 after recent violent protests.

François Hollande is the most unpopular French president on 32-year-old records of the BVA opinion poll company, with a 26% approval rating.

The body has been found of a 47-year-old woman washed out to sea off the Brittany island of Belle-Île amid strong storms across northern France.