France striker Karim Benzema "will not be excluded" from selection for the national team if a guilty verdict is delivered against him in an ongoing sex tape trial, according to French football federation president Noel Le Graet.

Karim Benzema eligible for France even if guilty in sex tape trial: Federation boss

As many as twenty-six looted royal treasures will be returned to their country of origin, Benin this week after nearly 130 years of ownership

France returns 26 looted royal treasures to Benin

Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Saturday held talks with Emmanuel Bonne, Diplomatic Advisor to French President Emmanuel Macron as part annual India-France Strategic Dialogue.

France assures of commitment in Indo-Pacific during NSA Doval's Paris visit

The British trawler that was detained by France during the post-Brexit fishing row has been released by the French authorities.

Held British trawler sails free from French port

In an emotional moment, German Chancellor Angela Merkel bid goodbye to the President of France Emmanuel Macron as they met for what is expected to be the last time before Merkel steps down.

'You kept Europe united', says Macron while raising final toast to Merkel

A British scallop dredger seized by France is being held at the port of Le Havre, earlier, British Environment Secretary George Eustice said he understood the vessel had been freed by France. A spokesman later said the minister had misspoken.

France alleges that United Kingdom didn't honor Post-Brexit deals

A Cambridge faculty, a French museum and a Scottish college all returned artifacts looted from West Africa, with activists and officers hailing a possible turning level within the years-long battle to make sure Europe’s reckoning on race prolonged to restitution of what it plundered.

Europe returns colonial-era looted African artwork

French President Emmanuel Macron said he was postponing planned trade sanctions on Britain so that negotiators from both sides could work on new proposals to defuse their dispute over post-Brexit fishing rights.

France postpones fishing row sanctions, Britain welcomes the decision

After yelling 'Allahu Akbar, France is run by Islamic State,' a knifeman was shot by Paris transport police at a train station. The man is claimed to have been seriously hurt after brandishing the weapon and threatening security at Paris' Saint-Lazare station, one of the busiest in the city.

'France is ruled by the Islamic State': Knife-wielding attacker shot by Paris railway security

Britain and France continue to remain in a deadlock in the ongoing dispute of a permit for the fishing boat. UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has warned that the country is prepared to take legal action against France if it does not withdraw "unreasonable" threats to impose trade measures in the fishing row over post-Brexit fishing rights.

UK 'prepared to take legal action' as it remains in deadlock with France over fishing row

The fishing rights row between France and Britain continues while the French say both nations have reached a middle ground over the issue, the Brits say that their previous position on the row remains unchanged.

UK-France fishing row deepens despite Macron and Johnson meet

Britain and France continue to remain in a deadlock in the ongoing dispute of a permit for the fishing boat. The two leaders met on Sunday to discuss the issue but both the countries have painted a very bad picture of the meeting.

Fishing row in deadlock: UK, France offer differing views on meet

French President Emmanuel Macron has accused Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison of lying to him over an abandoned $90 billion submarine deal.

French President Macron accuses Aussie PM Morrison of lying over submarine deal

Britain denounced France's seizure of a British boat in French waters and warned Paris against further retaliation on Thursday, in a rapidly deteriorating row over post-Brexit fishing rights.

UK decries France's seizure of fishing boat as post-Brexit row deepens

Ties between UK and France happen to be at an all-time low as the two nations are fighting over fishing rights in a post-Brexit world.

Fishing Row: France threatens UK with Sanctions

France will shut down 7 mosques by the end of this year over alleged radical leanings. Rights groups and activists are accusing President Macron of targeting Muslims in the name of anti-terror operations. Palki Sharma tells you more.

Gravitas: France to shut 7 mosques over radical leaning

Row between UK and France over fishing rights intensifies

More than a century after French colonial troops ransacked a West African royal palace and took its treasures, President Emmanuel Macron of France on Wednesday began the formal transfer of 26 of those artefacts to Benin in the first large-scale act of restitution to Africa by a former European colonial power.

Looted treasures begin a long journey home from France

France seized a British trawler fishing in its territorial waters without a licence on Thursday and issued a warning to a second vessel in a dispute over access to fishing grounds after Brexit.

France seizes British trawler in post-Brexit row over fishing rights

France has warned of possible sanctions against Britain including a ban on seafood imports and disrupting trade amid an escalating row over post-Brexit fishing licences.

France threatens sanctions against UK over fishing licences row

US President Joe Biden will meet with French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Rome on Friday. The bilateral meeting will be ahead of the G20 summit in the Italian capital. Biden will meet Pope Francis at the Vatican the same day.

Biden to meet Macron in Rome, attempt to repair damage to US-France relations

Sophie Fornairon's independent bookshop has survived the rise of Amazon thanks to a French law that prohibits price discounting on new books, but she says the e-commerce giant's ability to undercut on shipping still skews the market against stores like hers.

France moves to shield its book industry from Amazon

In France, a mission is underway to save a historial oyster and bring it back on the table. The oyster entered France's gastronomy in the 19th century and is now threatened with extinction. Take a look.

Mission to save historial oyster underway in France

Amid record fuel prices, France has announced to provide €100 “inflation bonus” to the people on low to middle incomes and promised to freeze petrol prices in a bid to contain growing discontent over rising prices and an increase in living costs.

France offers €100 'inflation bonus' to low-income people to offset discontent against rising fuel prices

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