French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Thursday said those behind death threats against a judge and prosecutors trying her in a graft trial should be punished, in her first comments on a police investigation into the abuse.

A French court had ruled that a woman had violated her marital duties by not having sex with her husband. The European Court of Human Rights condemned that decision.

France will open its first prison dedicated to isolating the country's top 100 drug lords in July as part of efforts to stop inmates from running criminal networks from behind bars. However some

To combat the "submersion" of French territory under organised crime, the bill calls for "shock treatment". The aim is to prevent France from becoming a "narco-state", as one of the bill's rapporteurs, Les Républicains senator Etienne Blanc, put it.

The decision, which prevents French judges from making similar divorce rulings on sexual relations in the future, comes at a time when France is debating the concept of consent to its rape laws.

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia signed a deal on Friday to repatriate an ailing French national who has been on death row since 2007 for alleged drug offenses. In 2015 Serge Atlaoui won a last-minute reprieve from being executed by a 13-member firing squad.

In an interview on Monday, Prime Minister François Bayrou said that immigration in France had led to a 'feeling of submersion,' which provoked fierce reactions, both from allies and from opposition figures.

French Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin left the UAE on Tuesday after discussing ways to strengthen the fight against organised crime with Sheikh Saif bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior.

France’s justice minister has hailed the extradition of wanted alleged drug lord Félix ‘the Cat’ Bingui as a “victory against narco-crime”.

Prime Minister Francois Bayrou was at risk Wednesday of losing the little tacit opposition support he relies on in parliament after suggesting that immigrants were "flooding" France.

Serge Atlaoui, 61, said to be suffering from cancer, was arrested in 2005 and due to be executed in 2015, when he was granted a reprieve.

Prime Minister Francois Bayrou drew sharp rebukes including from some of his allies on Tuesday after saying there was a growing feeling that immigrants were "flooding" France.