France

France is using ships and military aircraft to rush rescue workers and supplies to its Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte after the island group was battered by its worst cyclone in nearly a century.

The archipelago in the Indian Ocean has suffered extensive damage after getting pummeled by winds in excess of 136 mph.

Hundreds of people gathered in the storied landmark Sunday for a Mass marking the consecration of the cathedral’s altar.

Trump made his cease-fire proposal after a weekend meeting in Paris with French and Ukrainian leaders, claiming in a social media post that Kyiv “would like to make a deal” to end the more than 1,000-day war.

The French president and other European leaders are trying to persuade the president-elect not to abandon support for Ukraine in its defense against Russia.

The French government has been ousted in a vote of no-confidence, plunging the euro zone’s second-largest country into deep political and economic uncertainty.

Paris’ iconic symbol of French Gothic architecture will reopen Saturday after more than five years of reconstruction following a fire in 2019.

President-elect Donald Trump will attend the reopening celebration for Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris this weekend, his first foreign trip since the election.

Prosecutors in France are setting out the punishments they want for 51 men accused of raping a woman while she was drugged and rendered unconscious by her husband.

Paris police say that 4,000 officers and 1,600 stadium staff will be deployed for a France-Israel soccer match to ensure security in and around the stadium and on public transportation.

Notre Dame will reopen in one month, with ceremonies and celebrations planned to begin on Dec. 7.

The French government has sent a special anti-riot police unit that’s been banned for 65 years to the French Caribbean island of Martinique.

A 71-year-old French man acknowledged in court on Tuesday that over nearly a decade, he was drugging his wife at the time and inviting dozens of men to rape her, as well as raping her himself.

A 71-year-old French man has acknowledged in court that over nearly a decade, he was drugging his wife at the time and inviting dozens of men to rape her, as well as raping her himself.

A British man, who was seen climbing the Eiffel Tower hours before the Olympic Closing Ceremony, has been released from police custody, but remains under investigation for trespassing at a historical site, French prosecutors said on Monday.

The attack, detected on Sunday, hit data systems used by around 40 museums across France.

While in France for the Olympics, the tennis icon blasted the luxury hotel’s restaurant for turning her away.

France’s high-speed rail network was hit Friday with widespread and “criminal” acts of vandalism, including arson attacks, paralyzing travel to Paris.

A coalition of the French left won the most seats in high-stakes legislative elections Sunday, beating back a far-right surge but failing to win a majority. The outcome left France, a pillar of the European Union and Olympic host country, facing the stunning prospect of a hung parliament and political paralysis.

Paris’ famed Moulin Rouge cabaret got its red windmill back Friday during a special ceremony that featured can-can dancing on the plaza outside.