France

A French court has sentenced Carlos Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, a Marxist militant known as Carlos the Jackal, to a life prison term for his role in four bomb attacks in France that killed 11 people nearly three decades ago.

Embattled former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn requested on Friday to give evidence before a judicial panel investigating an alleged prostitution ring, claiming reports that linked him to it made him the victim of a "media lynching".

Venezuelan terrorist Carlos Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, also known as Carlos the Jackal, arrived in a Paris court Monday to face trial for his alleged role in masterminding four bomb attacks in France in the early 1980s that left 11 people dead.

Venezuelan-born militant Carlos the Jackal is back in the dock in Paris on Monday over his alleged role in masterminding four bombing attacks in France in the early 1980s which left 11 people dead. He denies all the charges.

Marseille, France’s second largest city and one of the Mediterranean Sea’s most important ports, is suffering a wave of criminality. With less than a year before national elections, the government is keen on acting tough.

A Paris court convicted Jean-Marie Messier (photo), France’s former business star and CEO of media giant Vivendi, Friday for misleading investors when he gave upbeat reports on the firm's dire finances in 2002.

A Paris court convicted Jean-Marie Messier (photo), France’s former business star and CEO of media giant Vivendi, Friday for misleading investors when he gave upbeat reports on the firm's dire finances in 2002.

Eight men appear in a Paris court Monday accused of carrying out violent armed robberies and of stealing cash to support terrorists, an allegation they all deny.

It happens every year and the unveiling of the night’s tally is as traditional as New Year’s Eve itself: residents of France’s notorious suburbs go on a car-burning spree. The police are determined to stamp out the yearly orgy of vandalism.

France's lower house passed a bill to strip foreign-born citizens convicted of attacking public officials of their French nationality, and expel EU citizens for certain crimes, part of President Nicolas Sarkozy's continuing crackdown on crime.