Three French hostages kidnapped in Nigeria have been released, the French government said Wednesday.
Solve your own problems before you lecture us about ours.
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner says world opinion is against woman's stoning in Iran.
Contradictory reports swirled around the case of an Iranian woman sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery, with one Iranian lawyer saying Monday that she had been whipped 99 times for another alleged offense but another casting doubt on it.
France has asked the European Union to come up new tacks against Iran to stop a pending execution of a woman sentenced to be stoned to death.
Two French troops were killed Monday during an operation south of Tagab, Afghanistan, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's office said in a statement.
Eighty people were killed late Tuesday in a ferry accident in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a government spokesman confirmed Thursday.
France will not send any more combat troops to Afghanistan, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner told CNN Thursday, reinforcing his country's opposition to joining the U.S.-led surge there.
CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports on the changes Germany is making to its strategy in Afghanistan.
As President Obama prepared to explain his military strategy for Afghanistan Tuesday, his secretary of state said U.S. civilian efforts are just as critical to successfully getting Afghanistan back on its feet.
The United States and France urged the Afghan president and his main rival to respect the results of an August election in order to ensure the country has a legitimate government.
France has awarded its highest decoration to veteran CNN correspondent Jim Bittermann.
France established Tuesday its first strategic foothold in the Gulf, when President Nicolas Sarkozy opened a French military base in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates.
A bombing in one of the Egyptian capital's busy tourist districts killed a French tourist Sunday and wounded 23 other people, including 18 Europeans, Egyptian authorities reported.
CNN's Ralitsa Vassileva interviews a reporter about an attack near an Egyptian hotel.
Just moments before the chamber of the French National Assembly had been filled with noisy political caterwauling, but when Bernard Kouchner rose to defend his honor, the hall went dead quiet.
The European Union on Monday strongly condemned Iran's closure of Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi's offices in Tehran.
Thousands of people who fled fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are crossing back into rebel-held territory because they say conditions at refugee camps are intolerable.
Pirates attacked a French ship in the waters off Cameroon on Friday, taking 10 of the 15 crew members hostage, the French Foreign Ministry and the ship's owner said.
Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt hugged the children she hadn't seen for six years Thursday, and marveled at how they'd grown.
The French President's recent guest list of world leaders hasn't done a lot for his approval ratings. The American President's last visit probably won't either
It is difficult to assess who is the most embarrassed by the Irish voters' rejection of the Lisbon Treaty, the EU's planned new constitution subtly re-packaged as a series of treaty amendments.
CNN's Robin Oakley discuss what's next for the E.U. after Irish voters reject the European Union reform treaty.
World donors sought to bolster Afghanistan's fragile leadership Thursday with pledges of more than $21 billion in aid
France will help Iraq build better medical centers as well as give aid to equip and train Iraqi security forces, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner told Iraqi officials during a weekend visit.
As aid groups struggled to distribute supplies to cyclone victims despite government obstacles, Myanmar TV was broadcasting messages urging people to vote "yes" in a referendum that critics say would strengthen the military rule.
A French-led humanitarian mission faced an uncertain future Friday in its efforts to deliver medical assistance to a high-profile hostage in the Colombian jungle.
The terrible agony of Chantal Sebire is over, but the cause she championed may change laws after her death
Colombian rebels free four hostages held for more than six years.
France has renewed its plea to Colombian rebels to free more hostages, particularly politician Ingrid Betancourt, after the release this week of four captives.
A senior U.N. official says 58 groups in 13 countries still recruit and use child soldiers many of whom are killed, maimed, abducted and raped and denied access to humanitarian groups
Fighting has stopped in the Chadian capital of N'Djamena, French and Chadian officials said Tuesday, after a rebel uprising that has forced more than 20,000 people from their homes in the past few days.
The Dakar Rally has been called off a day before it was due to get under way, because of security fears.
The latest Lebanese assassination has stunned the country and could further delay the election of a new President
International leaders Tuesday rushed to condemn deadly twin bombings in the Algerian capital, which appeared to target government and United Nations buildings. Here is some of the reaction.
As the country's factions try to settle on a new president, the decision could have ramifications across the Middle East
Suu Kyi meeting
updated: Mon Oct 29 2007 22:39:00
Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is taken to the capital for a meeting with officials. CNN's Dan Rivers reports.
Moscow is engaged in its own strategic competition with the U.S., which may guide its response to the Iran nuclear standoff
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Thursday that he will seek tougher U.N. sanctions on Iran for continuing to produce nuclear fuel, but backed away from his foreign minister's warning that Europe should prepare for war.
The French Foreign Minister says Iran must curtail its nuclear weapons program. CNN's Jim Bittermann reports.
The United States and its allies can "live with" a nuclear-armed Iran, but they should continue pressuring the Islamic Republic to keep it from developing an atomic bomb, the former commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East said Monday.
The French government's note of alarm is directed not solely towards Tehran, but Russia and China too
Iran's foreign ministry criticized France on Monday for a blunt warning over the weekend that Europe must prepare for war if Tehran continues to flout international demands to stop producing nuclear fuel.
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner's declaration that France had to prepare for the possibility of war against Iran over its nuclear program was not conventional diplomatic behavior. But then Kouchner was never expected to be a soft-soaper on the diplomatic scene.
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner apologized Monday for having said that Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki should be replaced.
Unlike some Western officials who visit Baghdad, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner had no national troops to buck up when he began his surprise three-day visit Sunday
One of the most popular figures in French politics, Bernard Kouchner, is an unlikely role model for top bosses.
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