France

French government responds to pressure to change tax policies that have stoked unpopularity and criticism.

Gunman who wounded photographer at Liberation office still at large in Paris.

Photographer's assistant at leftwing media outlet seriously injured.

French priest who helped Christians evade Islamist group Boko Haram kidnapped in northern Cameroon.

BPCE is the first big bank in France to announce a strategic plan following the euro zone crisis.

French PM Jean-Marc Ayrault demands investigation into new racist rant against black minister.

Appetite for items from bloody conflicts 'like killing them twice'.

Far-right Front National (FN) party members among dozens of demonstrators quizzed by police over Champs Elysees protest.

Israel seeking tougher western stand on Iran's nuclear programme.

Iran and six western powers are negotiating in Geneva.

Chenais stranded in Chicago after getting treatment for hormone disorder that led him to put on weight.

Two radio journalists abducted in northern Mali town of Kidal and murdered shortly after interviewing Tuareg leader.

Front National leader puzzled by the beards sported by hostages freed by al-Qaida in Niger

Pierre Legrand, Daniel Larribe, Thierry Dol and Marc Féret land in Paris after three years in captivity.

SWIFT agreement, signed after 9/11, allows US to track bank transfer data in EU to scrutinise terrorists' financial transactions.

Toddler from Terrasson in France may never have seen daylight locked in car boot.

Dongfeng and French government propose to infuse €1.5bn each in Peugeot.

New disclosures reveal NSA tapped into the telephone calls of 35 world leaders.

Military moves in to block resurgence of terrorism in north African country.

Markit flash Eurozone composite output index declined to 51.5 in October from 52.2 in September.

Far-right party leader denied 2012 presidential campaign refund by French Commission for Campaigning Costs

France still fuming over NSA snooping disclosures despite Obama's phone call to Hollande while John Kerry visits Paris.

Marine le Pen's far-right party threatens legal action against minister who had been compared to an ape.

US spy agency 'snooped' on France and Mexico's Felipe Calderon.

Grey wolves, once extinct in France, are back and 'no longer fear humans' say farmers.

Anne-Sophie Leclere, mayoral candidate for the Ardennes city of Rethel, posted racist picture on Facebook

Arsene Wenger believes Karim Benzema and Olivier Giroud can form a potent partnership together for France.

Laurent Koscielny is another Premier League star now a doubt for World Cup qualifiers after suffering a thigh injury in training.

Cameroonian teenager tortured by four expelled members of conservative Christian church.

Chief executive officer Michel Combes says the employer is "regaining control of its destiny".