Tag: French

First 200 French soldiers to leave Afghanistan

A first group of 200 French soldiers was due to leave Afghanistan on Wednesday as part of an early troop withdrawal announced in July...

200 French troops called back from Afghanistan

France is to withdraw around 200 troops from its 4,000-strong force fighting as part of the NATO coalition in Afghanistan before the end of...

French corruption police question Sarkozy’s best man

A probe into alleged illegal campaign funding linked to a deadly 2002 Pakistan bombing drew closer to Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday, with the French...

Brangelina hire soldiers to guard French estate

Hollywood celebrity couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have spared no expense for the security of their house. They have reportedly shelled out a...

French club interested in signing Beckham

French club Paris Saint-Germain are interested in bringing former England captain David Beckham to the Ligue 1 side, sporting director Leonardo revealed on Friday. Beckham,...

Strauss-Kahn to break rape case silence on French television

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is to break his silence in a prime time French television interview over charges he attempted to rape a...

Moody’s cuts French banks, eurobond talk lifts markets

Moody's cut the credit ratings of two French banks on Wednesday because of their exposure to Greece's debt, highlighting growing risks to Europe's financial...

Greek default jitters hammer French banks, euro

Growing fears of a Greek default sent a hurricane through heavily exposed French banks on Monday and hit the euro as investor confidence in...

Leak fears wane after deadly French nuclear plant blast

The French government sought to play down fears of a radioactive leak after the explosion Monday at a nuclear site in the south of...

French police probe Facebook call to cut Muslim throats

French police were on Friday trying to identify a Facebook user who called “to cut Muslims’s throats instead of sheep” during the Eid al-Adha...

2 French journalists arrested from Abbottabad

Intelligence Agencies have arrested two French journalists from outside Ayub Medical Complex in Abbottabad on Wednesday. According to media reports, French journalists were making...

French honour for HEC scholar

Dr Nadeem Akhtar has successfully completed his PhD in Software Engineering from the University of South Brittany under the Higher Education Commission’s Overseas Scholarship...

Strauss-Kahn may play role in French left’s campaign

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former IMF chief who is back home in France with his career in tatters after a sex-assault scandal, is likely to...

French ex-president Chirac not to attend trial

Former French president Jacques Chirac will not attend his corruption trial opening in Paris on Monday on medical grounds, his lawyers said Saturday. At...

French Olympic hero commits suicide

Former Olympic pole-vault champion Pierre Quinon has committed suicide at the age of 49, the French Athletics Federation announced on Thursday. "The news was...

French judges begin probe into IMF chief Lagarde

French magistrates on Tuesday formally began an embezzlement investigation into new International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde, opening the way for possible criminal charges....

$12m ransom sought for French kidnapped in Yemen

Three French aid workers who were kidnapped in southeastern Yemen are held by Al-Qaeda members who are seeking a $12 million ransom for their...