After an extended detailing of its ruling on Thursday, the court sentenced Sarkozy to five years in prison "with deferred effect", an immediate five-year ban on any public function, and a fine of €100 ...

French soldiers have boarded an oil tanker believed to be part of Russia's "shadow fleet", used to evade sanctions imposed because of the war in Ukraine. The Boracay left Russia last month and was off ...

France's trade unions call for new nationwide strike on 2 October to pile the pressure on new French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu. French unions will hold another nationwide day of strikes and ...

The French navy has seized nearly 10 tons of cocaine worth more than $600 million from a fishing vessel off the coast of West Africa, French authorities said on Thursday. The seizure by two navy ships ...

French troops have boarded the deck of a tanker alleged to be from Russia's 'shadow fleet' and suspected of involvement in drone flights over Denmark last month. A source within the executive branch ...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to five years in jail after being found guilty of criminal conspiracy in his trial over the alleged illegal financing of his successful 2007 ...

French police have arrested the captain and first officer of a sanctioned tanker suspected of operating for Russia’s “shadow fleet,” after the navy boarded the vessel, authorities said on Thursday.

PARIS—A French court sentenced former President Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in prison for conspiring to seek campaign funds from the regime of Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi, handing an ...

PARIS, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in jail on Thursday for criminal conspiracy over attempts to raise campaign funds from Libya, a ...

PARIS, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Workers at French LNG terminals will continue to block ships from discharging until their salary demands are met, two representatives with the CGT union said on Friday. The ...

Paris — A Paris court on Thursday sentenced former French President Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in prison after finding him guilty of criminal conspiracy in an alleged scheme to finance his 2007 ...

The key accuser in former French president Nicolas Sarkozy’s alleged illegal campaign financing from the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi died on Tuesday, just two days before the verdict, his ...