French far-right leader Marine Le Pen pays tribute to her politically polarizing father

PARIS (AP) — French far-right leader Marine Le Pen paid tribute Wednesday to her father Jean-Marie, calling the founder of the National Front, who has died aged 96, a “warrior” in politics as their relationship was marked by notoriously harsh disputes amid her efforts to make the party more...

Jean-Marie Le Pen and the rise of the far right in France: A look at key dates

PARIS (AP) — Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France's main far-right party, died on Tuesday at 96, but the anti-immigration and nationalist ideas that propelled his decades of popularity remain ascendant in the country, across Europe and beyond. Le Pen’s daughter, Marine Le...

Final chapter: France's greatest coach Didier Deschamps says he'll leave after 2026 World Cup

Didier Deschamps announced Wednesday that he won’t continue as France coach after the next World Cup, bringing an end to an era in which he became the nation's most successful manager over more than a decade. The 56-year-old Deschamps said that he will leave when his contract...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right leader known for fiery rhetoric against immigration, dies at 96

PARIS (AP) — Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right National Front who was known for fiery rhetoric against immigration and multiculturalism that earned him both staunch supporters and widespread condemnation, died Tuesday. He was 96. One of the most polarizing...

France marks 10 years since deadly Charlie Hebdo attack

PARIS (AP) — A decade after Islamic extremist gunmen stormed the offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in a deadly assault that shook France to its core and ignited a global outcry in defense of freedom of speech, the nation paused on Tuesday to honor the victims and renew its resolve...

AP PHOTOS: The Charlie Hebdo slaughter and follow-up terror attacks 10 years ago that changed France

PARIS (AP) — When Charlie Hebdo cartoonist Coco thought back and drew for a new documentary about the slaughter she survived 10 years ago at the French satirical journal, the memories that streamed from her marker pen were all black. Black barrels of the guns that the...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France's far right National Front, dies at 96, a senior party official says

French police arrest three Algerians for making alleged violent statements on social media

PARIS (AP) — Police in France have arrested three Algerian men described by authorities as social media influencers accused of posting videos inciting violence, against a backdrop of soured relations between Paris and its former colony in North Africa. French Interior Minister...

Macron affirms Trump has 'solid ally' in France, urges realism from Ukraine over territory

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said his country was a "a solid ally” of President-elect Donald Trump on Monday as he outlined his vision for global diplomacy in 2025, while warning that France could lose the incoming U.S. leader’s respect by being “weak and defeatist.” ...

France's former President Sarkozy stands trial over alleged campaign funding by Libya's Gadhafi

PARIS (AP) — Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy went on trial Monday over the alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by the government of then-Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Sarkozy, 69, who served as president from 2007 to 2012, did not speak to the press...