In a divided nation struggling with polarised politics, high debt, and a ballooning deficit, the task before 73-year-old ...

Cyclone Chido caused major damage to Mayotte's airport and cut off electricity, water and communication links when it ...

Francois Bayrou came into the spotlight in the 2002 presidential campaign when he slapped a child who tried to pick his ...

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When veteran centrist Francois Bayrou, France’s new prime minister, was education minister in the 1990s, his plan to increase ...

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday named centrist ally François Bayrou as prime minister, after a historic ...

The reopening of Notre Dame was a solemn celebration of cultural and spiritual renewal. Yet for some, the historic ...

The fall of the French government could have dire consequences for New Caledonia, which is teetering on the brink of economic ...

Pope Francis urged people to “make children” as he made his first papal visit to the French island of Corsica on Sunday.

Pope Francis urged Catholic priests on Sunday to guard against spiritual groups that stoke political divisions, speaking ...

Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, and Emmanuel Bonne, diplomatic adviser to the ...

Mayotte in the southeastern Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa is France’s poorest island and the poorest territory in the ...