France has finished moving its remaining gold out of New York, making billions in the process.

The government's defense objectives are incompatible with meeting European public spending commitments, France's main audit institution has warned, pointing to 'certainly difficult choices' ahead.

By John Irish PARIS, April 8 (Reuters) - France plans to add a further 36 billion euros ($39 billion) to its defence spending between now and 2030 under an updated military planning law that expands its nuclear arsenal and boosts missile and drone stocks.

A train driver has been killed and more than a dozen people injured after a French high-speed passenger train crashed into a truck carrying military equipment on Tuesday.

A train driver has died after his high-speed passenger train collided with a lorry carrying military equipment at a level crossing in France. A number of injuries have also been reported following the incident, which took place on Tuesday morning between Béthune and Lens in the north-western Pas-de-Calais region.

April 8 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday he told the leaders of Iran and the United States that he hoped a ceasefire between them would be respected in Lebanon and across "all areas of confrontation",

Experiencing the Eiffel Tower can be a crowded affair – about 7 million people visit each year – but now you can enjoy a part of this majestic French monument in your own home.

In response Amy Pope, the Director General of the UN-affiliated International Organisation for Migration, said that we ‘need stronger, unified efforts to stop traffickers and smugglers from exploiting vulnerable people,