The Latest Breaking News from France

The first African-American combat pilot flew not for his country, but for France. Born in the segregated south of the United States at the turn of the 20th century, Eugene Bullard moved to Paris and became one of a handful of black pilots to fight in World War I.

Water taps flow just one day out of three in Mayotte, a French territory off Africa’s eastern coast

French President Emmanuel Macron called Friday on Israel to stop bombing civilians in Gaza, saying there was "no justification" and the deaths were causing "resentment". His comments came as Saudi Arabia prepared to host Arab leaders and Iran's president for an emergency summit over the weekend.

French president says he hopes other leaders, including those in Washington, will join him in his call for a ceasefire.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is looking into allegations raised by FRANCE 24 that France Cricket, the sport’s governing body in France, has overseen a system of fake matches in order to acquire funding.

In the new Netflix series All the Light We Cannot See, a blind French girl called Marie-Laure LeBlanc makes illicit radio broadcasts from her uncle’s house in Nazi-occupied France. We are told that Marie-Laure has congenital cataracts in both eyes. But what is this condition?

France's foreign ministry says it has been the target of a Russian online destabilisation campaign relating to Stars of David graffitied on Paris streets. Russia's foreign ministry described the accusations as "stupid".

KOLKATA: In another show of Indian players ruling the roost in international chess meets, city Grandmasters Deep Sengupta and Sayantan Das finished 1-2 at the Cap d’Agde International Open tournament in France earlier this week.

It's one of the biggest challenges facing education systems worldwide: gender inequality. Though improvements have closed or even reversed gender gaps in schools in recent years, there's still significant room for progress, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. According to UNESCO, more than half of all girls out of primary and secondary…