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Nathalie Baye, icon of French cinema, dies after 50 years on screen

France, April 18 -- Baye died on Friday evening at her home in Paris, her family told French news agency AFP.  She suffered from Lewy body dementia, a neurodegenerative disease that can cau... Read More


Nathalie Baye, icon of French cinema, dead after 50 years on screen

France, April 18 -- Baye died on Friday evening at her home in Paris, her family told French news agency AFP.  She suffered from Lewy body dementia, a neurodegenerative disease that can cau... Read More


Erasmus returns as UK and European Union find common ground again

France, April 18 -- Agreements finalised on Wednesday pave the way for the UK to rejoin Erasmus from 2027, with more than 100,000 people expected to benefit in the first year alone. The popular ... Read More


France and UK chair meeting on post-conflict Strait of Hormuz mission

France, April 17 -- Iran has largely closed the Strait of Hormuz - through which some 20 percent of the world's oil passes - since United States-Israeli air strikes began on 28 February, lea... Read More


France, UK chair meeting on Strait of Hormuz mission for when conflict ends

France, April 17 -- Iran has largely closed the Strait of Hormuz since US-Israeli air strikes began on 28 February, leading to a surge in global energy prices. Even with a shaky ceasefire in pla... Read More


Pope visits Cameroon city hit by post-vote protest deaths

France, April 17 -- More than a million people are expected to attend the mass in Douala, one of central Africa's largest ports, where the Cameroonian authorities bloodily repressed protests against t... Read More


Gisele Pelicot and Ukraine's Zelensky honoured with Four Freedoms awards

France, April 17 -- Bestowed by the Roosevelt Foundation, established in 1982, the awards honour the "Four Freedoms" outlined by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his 1941 State of the Union addre... Read More


The Paris movement that planted the seeds of Algerian independence, a century on

France, April 17 -- At the time the group came together, Algeria was part of France, while Morocco and Tunisia were French protectorates. Political and trade union activity was banned in the colonies,... Read More


Iran's ambassador to France backs Lebanon truce, tells RFI 'we prefer dialogue'

France, April 17 -- A 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect on Friday, pausing weeks of cross-border fighting that has displaced more than a million people in Lebanon. But the truc... Read More


Suspect in 1982 attack on Paris Jewish restaurant faces judge after extradition

France, April 17 -- Hicham Harb, 72, was handed over on Thursday and detained on arrival near Paris. Anti-terror prosecutors are expected to formally notify him of the arrest warrant against him, the ... Read More