Test for Hollande as French rail strike drags onFrance's longest rail strike in years was set to go into a seventh day Tuesday after unions said a first meeting with management failed to address their demands.
17 June 2014
D-Day spirit ignites Ukraine peace hopesRussia and Ukraine appeared to have made a long-awaited breakthrough in efforts to resolve a damaging crisis in their relations after conciliatory talks on the sidelines of Friday's D-Day anniversary ceremonies.
07 June 2014
Death toll rises in Ukraine, fresh warnings of civil warThe death toll from a military offensive in a flashpoint town in east Ukraine rose to at least 34, officials said Tuesday, amid fresh warnings of civil war and the shutdown of a major airport in the region.
07 May 2014
With one tweet, Hollande's ex puts pressure on Mexico tripThe French leader's jilted ex-girlfriend has stepped back into the limelight with a tweet urging Paris to help a woman who says her Mexican ex-husband abducted their children, just as Francois Hollande visits Mexico.
10 April 2014
Islamist group calls for Hollande assassinationA jihadist group repeated its calls for French president Francois Hollande's assassination in revenge for the European nation's recent interventions in Africa, terrorist monitoring group SITE said.
Lesbian love, president's lover at French OscarsA lesbian love movie that dazzled Cannes leads the race ahead of the French Oscars on Friday, where Julie Gayet, the actress outed as the president's lover, is running for an award for a role as a vamp.
Obama, Hollande to cement 'forever' Franco-US friendshipPresident Barack Obama will Tuesday highlight a new national security dimension to America's oldest alliance as he deploys the full pageantry of a state visit for France's President Francois Hollande.