The robbers used explosives to gain entry to a precious-metal company in Lyon, French officials said. The police recovered ...

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Seeking a mandate from the French people for his policies, Louis XVI convened the Estates General. Events soon outran the ...

Six suspects were arrested near Lyon, France, following a daring heist at a precious metals refinery involving explosives and €12m worth of gold.

The French 75 is an undeniably popular cocktail choice, but this iconic beverage has a surprisingly dark story behind its seemingly simple moniker.

The Paris prosecutor said multiple suspects were arrested on Saturday evening, and hit out at leaks to the media.

The robbery at the Louvre left behind more than broken glass. It battered the pride of a nation that is increasingly glum ...

The robbery at the Louvre has done what no marketing campaign ever could: It has catapulted France’s dusty Crown Jewels — ...

The robbery at the Louvre has catapulted France ’s dusty Crown Jewels — long admired at home, little known abroad — to global ...

Lionel Messi is widely considered the greatest football player in the history of the sport, but for a long stretch of his ...

PARIS (AP) — France’s Senate gave its final approval on Wednesday to a bill defining rape and other sexual assault as any non ...

The hotly anticipated new museum boasts some of the greatest treasures of antiquity. But there are some notable exceptions.