Jean Pierre François Blanchard was a major pioneer in the barely 10-year-old technology of lighter-than-air flight. He made ...

A group of agitators waving Palestinian flags stormed the court during a basketball game between Israel’s Hapoel Holon and France’s Nanterre 92, sparking chaos in the stands. The bedlam came ...

Bayrou Flags French ‘Institutional Risks’ in Bid for Government Prime Minister summons political leaders, lawmakers Thursday He says he wants to prolong consultations proposing ministers ...

A husband described as one of France's worst sex offenders is expected to be sentenced today - as the verdicts for all 51 defendants come back in the Gisele Pelicot mass rape trial. Dominique ...

(Bloomberg) -- French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou has summoned the leaders of the country’s political parties, National Assembly and Senate to a meeting Thursday in a bid to add urgency to his ...

NEW DELHI: A CAG report for the year ending March 2021 has flagged "persistent delays" in the finalisation of the Court of Inquiry proceedings in the Army, and cited that out of 95 cases involving ...

France raised a flag on Tuesday over its embassy in Damascus, Syria, after it had been closed for 12 years during the country’s civil war, the foreign ministry said. France sent a team of diplomats to ...

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The Turkish national flag is raised at the Turkish embassy in Damascus DAMASCUS (Reuters) -France raised its flag at its Damascus embassy on Tuesday for the first time in 12 years and European ...

PARIS, Dec 17 (Reuters) - France raised the flag on Tuesday over its embassy in Damascus 12 years after cutting ties with Syria's Bashar al-Assad amid the country's civil war, with its diplomats ...

France raised its flag Tuesday at its embassy in the Syrian capital Damascus after it had been closed for more than 12 years. French special envoy for Syria Jean-Francois Guillaume and a ...