PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday named centrist ally François Bayrou as prime minister, after a historic ...

France's new prime minister Francois Bayrou faces a fractured and fractious parliament. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Pope Francis urged Catholic priests on Sunday to guard against spiritual groups that stoke political divisions, speaking ...

The fall of the French government could have dire consequences for New Caledonia, which is teetering on the brink of economic ...

Pope Francis on the first papal visit ever to the French island of Corsica promoted the kind of popular piety that ...

Francois Bayrou came into the spotlight in the 2002 presidential campaign when he slapped a child who tried to pick his ...

The reopening of Notre Dame was a solemn celebration of cultural and spiritual renewal. Yet for some, the historic ...

Within hours of being appointed, France's new prime minister Francois Bayrou faced his first ordeal: the country's credit ...

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France’s Prime Minister Francois Bayrou will meet with far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Monday, kicking off an effort to ...

Mayotte is France's poorest region and is nearly 5,000 miles from Paris in the Indian Ocean - one witness said the damage wreaked by the cyclone looked like "the aftermath of a nuclear war".

Cyclone Chido caused major damage to Mayotte's airport and cut off electricity, water and communication links when it ...