French short ties for Oscar at ceremony dominated by 'One battle after another'

France, March 16 -- The darkly comic thriller One battle after another, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a former revolutionary turned weed-smoking single father of a... Read More

Frenchman convicted for spying in Azerbaijan, sentenced to ten years in prison

France, March 16 -- Martin Ryan, who was arrested in Azerbaijan in December 2023, was convicted Monday for spying. He was accused of collecting information about Azerbaijan's military cooperation wit... Read More

Low turnout in Congo-Brazzaville presidential poll expected to extend Sassou's rule

France, March 16 -- Throughout the capital, Brazzaville, there were no long queues outside polling stations. RFI reporters observed small groups of voters arriving sporadically. Low turnout underline... Read More

France begins landmark trial over Islamic State genocide of Yazidis

France, March 16 -- The accused is a French jihadist presumed dead but still being tried in absentia for his alleged role in enslaving and abusing Yazidi women and children. Sabri Essid, born in Toul... Read More

Low turnout and far-right gains mark first round of France's local elections

France, March 16 -- More than 904,000 candidates are vying for elected posts in roughly 35,000 municipalities across the country, from major cities to villages with only a few dozen inhabitants. The ... Read More

France holds back warships as Trump urges allies to secure Strait of Hormuz

France, March 16 -- Trump said on Sunday that countries that rely heavily on oil from the Gulf should take responsibility for protecting the Strait of Hormuz, through which about 20 percent of the wor... Read More

EU deadline lands for X to pay €120m fine over verification system

France, March 16 -- The penalty against X (formerly Twitter) stems from a landmark case in 2025 under the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA), legislation designed to ensure that major online platforms ta... Read More

Marseille tight, Paris uncertain after first round of French local elections

France, March 16 -- In the vast majority of France's 34,000 villages, towns and cities that went to the polls Sunday, the mayor was expected to be elected in the first round, but races in many larger ... Read More

'We are all foreigners': Japanese director casts dandelion seeds in migration tale

France, March 15 -- Planet Earth is burning, with explosions going off left and right. In the midst of this chaos, four dandelion plants, fearing for their survival, lift off and float away into space... Read More

Under the same sky, climate change brings drought to Somalia and floods to Kenya

France, March 15 -- On the outskirts of Baidoa, southern Somalia, 38-year-old pastoralist Asha Hassan walks several kilometres each morning to find water for the few goats she has left. Two years ago... Read More

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