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France has restructured its military presence in recent months, closing most of its historic bases in West Africa. However, the arrival of private military companies employing French personnel is undermining the discretion sought by army headquarters in Paris.

Legislators in France's upper house are preparing to inject nearly €4 billion into Mayotte as part of a sweeping plan to tackle the territory’s deep-rooted social, economic, and security challenges.

Top seed Jannik Sinner displayed commendable composure and aplomb on Monday night to quell the partisan centre court crowd on his way to overpowering the Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech 6-4, 6-3, 7-5.

French MPs will on Tuesday vote on two landmark bills on palliative care and assisted dying. They're the result of months of debate shaped by a rare democratic experiment that brought together 184 randomly selected citizens to grapple with one of society’s most intimate and divisive questions: how should we…

French Open defending champion Carlos Alcaraz cruised into the second round at the French Open on Monday after dispatching the Italian qualifier Giulio Zeppieri.

Namibia this week will hold its first national commemoration for victims of mass killings by German occupiers in what is widely recognised as the first genocide of the 20th century, the government said.

Iga Swiatek started the defence of her French Open title on Monday with a straight sets dismissal of Rebecca Sramkova on centre court. The 23-year-old Pole won 6-3, 6-3.

Several French journalist associations are calling on the French government to help the evacuation of Palestinian journalists, fixers and drivers who have been covering or helping to cover the war in Gaza for the past 18 months.

US President Donald Trump has agreed to push back by a month a threatened 50 percent tariff on goods coming from the European Union after a call with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who said the bloc needed more time “to reach a good deal”.