Noël Barrot says the 85-year-old French widow of an American military veteran has returned home from U.S. immigration custody. U.S.

President Emmanuel Macron on Friday defended editorial diversity after more than 100 authors quit the venerable French publishing house Grasset this week in protest at the

Europeans are diverging over how to conduct a mission to secure sea lanes in the Strait of Hormuz, as French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer convene a meeting of leaders later Friday to discuss the issue.

French Finance Minister Roland Lescure told reporters Thursday that the Strait of Hormuz needs to reopen "but not at any price," adding that G7 leaders stand ready to mitigate the war's economic

Marie-Thérèse had moved to the US after reuniting with her long-lost love, an American man who died in January.

The leaders of France and the U.K. on Friday welcomed the announcement by Iran and the U.S. that the Strait of Hormuz is open, but said freedom of navigation must be permanently restored to the key oil route choked by the U.

TotalEnergies service station attendants in France went on strike on Friday to protest against rising fuel costs, demanding the oil giant, which ​owns a quarter of the country's service stations, raise salaries.

ICE detained 85-year-old Marie-Thérèse Ross on April 1 for overstaying her visa, but France called for her release Thursday citing concern about the woman's age. She was held in a federal detention center in Louisiana.

The rapper formerly known as Kanye West had been scheduled to perform in Marseille, France, in June. The city’s mayor had said he did not want it to be “a showcase for those who promote hatred.”

By Mathieu Rosemain, Michel Rose and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS, April 17 (Reuters) - When far-right leader Marine Le Pen dined this month with around six of France Inc's biggest names, including LVMH chief executive Bernard Arnault,