France

High-profile Corsican nationalist Yvan Colonna (pictured) will face a third trial for the 1998 murder of prefect Claude Erignac after France's highest court overturned his previous life sentence over a minor procedural error.

Wednesday’s much-awaited parliamentary face-off with outgoing French national coach Raymond Domenech was a closed-door affair. But that was until a "traitor" with a Twitter account revealed all.

French prosecutors demanded Wednesday that former Panama dictator Manuel Noriega serve the maximum 10-year jail sentence over charges of laundering drug profits through France. A verdict is expected as early as next month.

Roger Federer crashed out of Wimbledon on Wednesday as Czech 12th seed Tomas Berdych clinched a stunning 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 victory over the defending champion in the quarter-finals.Federer has been almost untouchable at Wimbledon for the last seven...

Environmental campaigners on Wednesday urged Thailand to shelve its nuclear power proposals, warning that the cost of the project could be much greater than expected.Greenpeace said the government's provisional plans to build five nuclear plants could...

Despite the financial crisis, retailers expect high sale figures as the annual summer sales kicked off Wednesday across France. Sweltering weather, buoyant exchange rates and the Internet account for the latest optimism.

A deadline for European banks to repay 442 billion euros of crisis funding kept stock markets on edge on Wednesday, after a sudden drop in confidence over doubts about global economic recovery.Just days after G20 world leaders pledged in Toronto to slash...

Former Australian prime minister John Howard's bid to lead world cricket has been rejected, the International Cricket Council said Wednesday after a revolt by Asian and African nations."Following lengthy consideration it was recognised that the nomination...

One of the biggest NATO bases in Afghanistan came under attack Wednesday, the military alliance said, in a strike claimed by the Taliban."Jalalabad airfield is under attack. I can confirm it. It is still going on, so I can't give much detail," said...

Charged with laundering Colombian drug money in French banks, Manuel Noriega, Panama's former dictator, takes the stand to defend himself in a Paris court on Tuesday. Noriega's lawyers opened the trial by contesting his extradition to France.