As pressure mounts ahead of a key UN summit, France is weighing whether to recognise a Palestinian state a move President ...

France extracted a huge indemnity from Haiti, in exchange for recognition of its independence. This week marked the 200th ...

On April 17, 1825, Charles X, brother to Louis XVIII and the new French king, performed a sudden about-face. Charles X issued a decree stating that France would recognize Haitian independence but only ...