Scandal-plagued French Labour Minister Eric Woerth denied any wrongdoing or conflict of interest when police questioned him for eight hours Thursday in connection with financial scandals surrounding France's richest woman, his lawyer said.

A French woman (pictured) has admitted to killing eight of her newborn babies because "she did not want any more children", the local prosecutor said on Thursday. Her husband, who was also accused, has been released without charge.

Police have arrested a couple in their mid-40s after finding the bodies of eight new-born babies in the village of Villers-au-Tertre, in northern France. The couple are to appear before a French investigative magistrate on Thursday.

France's first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has begun filming alongside Hollywood star Owen Wilson in director Woody Allen's latest movie "Midnight in Paris", a romantic comedy set in the City of Light.

France's Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux announced Wednesday that half the country's illegal "travelling people" and Roma camps would be dismantled within three months, and that any caught breaking the law would be deported.

French police began questioning Labour Minister Eric Woerth on Thursday in their probe into the financial affairs of France's richest woman, L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, officers said.Investigators came to Woerth's offices in the labour ministry...

The French government announced on Tuesday that state-owned electricity firm EDF will sign a broad partnership deal with Areva, which manufactures nuclear reactors, to help France regain a leading role in the nuclear energy sector.

Australia's government has denied Kevin Rudd was behind damaging cabinet-level leaks, as the former prime minister's hurried sacking haunted campaigning for next month's polls.Treasurer Wayne Swan described Rudd as "honourable" after media speculation...

British Prime Minister David Cameron will push Indian leaders Thursday to strengthen trade ties on the second leg of a visit marked by his warning to Pakistan about promoting the "export of terror."Cameron was to hold talks in New Delhi with top...

The Internet has undergone a key upgrade that promises to stop cyber criminals from using fake websites that dupe people into downloading viruses or revealing personal data.The agency in charge of managing Internet addresses teamed with online security...