A woman who raped and murdered 12 year-old Lola Daviet in Paris has been handed a rare whole-life sentence in a case that has shocked France. Dahbia Benkired, aged 27, must spend at least 30 years in prison after a panel of judges and a jury decided to impose the country's harshest possible penalty.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy entered a prison in Paris on Tuesday on the first day of a five-year sentence, marking the first time a former leader of modern France has spent time behind bars.

Former president Nicolas Sarkozy's lawyers say, as he shows up to a Paris prison to serve a five-year sentence, that they've already appealed for his release.

Once a star of the French center-right, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy surrendered to custody in Paris to begin a prison term for criminal conspiracy.

A Russian court freed a French long-distance cyclist on Thursday after finding him guilty of illegally crossing the country's border with China while trying to break the world record for cycling across the Eurasian landmass.

The French government will not be reimbursed for any losses related to the priceless jewels, according to experts.

Any French athlete participating in the Enhanced Games will face sanctions, French sports authorities said Friday.

French biathlete Julia Simon was sentenced on Friday to a three-month suspended prison term and fined 15,000 euros ($17,493.00)for credit-card fraud and theft, which puts her participation in next year’s Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics in doubt.

A major German private art collection accumulated over four generations is going on large-scale show for the first time in Berlin.

France may see another government fall as early as next week as lawmakers prepare to vote Saturday on a possible new tax on France's ultra-rich. The centre-left Socialist Party has threatened to