PARIS: An Al-Qaeda bomb intercepted in Britain last week part way between Yemen and the United States was disarmed just 17 minutes before it was programmed to detonate, French officials said Thursday.... (more...)

ARIS: France is “at war” with Al-Qaeda and will step up military involvement in North Africa after the regional branch of the jidahist group killed a French aid worker, the prime minister said... (more...)

PARIS: An Al-Qaeda-linked gang in the Sahara desert said Sunday that it had killed a 78-year-old French hostage in revenge for the killing of six comrades in a failed Mauritanian-French rescue raid. French... (more...)

BRASILIA: Air France has canceled its fourth flight from Brazil to Paris in a week, this time due to technical problems, the French carrier said.An inspection of the Airbus A330-200 cargo aircraft revealed... (more...)

PARIS: An Air France jumbo jet with 405 passengers on board, en route to Paris, landed in Recife on Brazil’s Atlantic coast overnight after a false bomb alert, the airline announced Sunday. “The... (more...)

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and France on Friday signed 20 million euros agreement to promote energy efficiency in residential lighting and free distribution of 30 million compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFL)... (more...)

PARIS: A bomb killed a French  soldier serving with NATO forces in Afghanistan, President Nicolas Sarkozy’s office said on Tuesday.The death brought to 45 the number of French troops killed in Afghanistan... (more...)

PARIS: Air France will cut its workforce by some 4,100 people by March 2013 through voluntary departures, union sources said on Monday.Jose Rocamorra, of the CGT union, said there was no plan for lay-offs... (more...)

PARIS: The American strategy in Afghanistan is “not working,” a senior French general said in comments published Thursday, saying the situation there was at an all-time low. Vincent Desportes,... (more...)

PERPIGNAN, France: Pilot error led to the 2008 crash of an Air New Zealand passenger jet off the French coast during a test flight, killing all seven people on board, court-appointed experts said here... (more...)