France

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".

Harmonised competitiveness indicators reveal improvement in some key eurozone economies.

Occupation of ferry footbridge in Calais gets dramatic after two Syrians threaten suicide

Budget airline to appeal over non-payment of Marseilles air crews' social insurance and pension contributions.

Miss World 2013 Top Model contestants are from the countries – England, United States, Italy, France, Brazil, South Sudan, Cyprus, Cameroon, Philippines and Ukraine.

Mother and stepfather accused of raping four-year-old boy in visiting room in Toul prison.

Business activity also expanded in France and Germany, Eurozone's largest economies.

Ayrault says there will be no impact on the nation's households next year from the levy.

Suspended sentence and €2,000 fine for mother over three-year-old son's terrorist T-shirt.

US, Britain, France, Russia and China spar over wording of resolution on action against Assad regime.

Finalists of Beach Fashion contest of Miss World 2013 pageant took part in a sunset photo shoot at a beach in Bali.

Google's flagship tablet released in UK following ASUS confirmation.

Interior Minister Manuel Valls says France on high alert over threat.

Woman, 29, offers to breast-feed babies for €100 (£86) a day.

Clashes between al-Qaida-linked militants and Chadian troops in Ifoghas mountains, suspected hideout of militants.

German and French economies contract 0.6% and 0.3% respectively in the fourth quarter of 2012.

Environment Secretary Owen Paterson to brief MPs on widening scandal.

Francois Hollande says French forces will remain in Mali until democracy prevails but African troops will take over operation against Islamist rebels.

G4S will be working alongside French consortium partners Thales and Onet for the project.

Malian and French forces recapture key towns of Konna and Diabaly.

France starts ground offensive to hit al-Qaida-linked rebels with Ecowas-backed African troops ready to join attack.

Al-Qaida-linked militants throw out Malian troops from Konna, a key town.

Gay founder Mohammed Ludovic Lütfi Zahed hopes to perform same-sex marriages at venue.

Initiative to educate children on homosexual relationships and same-sex parenting.

French authorities evacuate hundreds of pilgrims from Lourdes as flood waters enter Catholic shrine.

Single supervisor will intervene early to avert dangerous accumulation of a bank’s debts.

Budget prefers to tax the rich to raise resources rather than resort to spending cuts to plug the €30 bn hole in country's finances.