French Ambassador to Libya, Thierry Vallat, reaffirmed on Wednesday his country’s continued support for Libya’s electoral ...

Nicolas Sarkozy, president from 2007-12, was found guilty of criminal conspiracy but cleared of other charges.

The monthslong trial of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy over the alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign is shedding light on France’s back-channel talks with the ...

France is partly to blame for the crisis in Libya, Italy's Defence Minister Elisabetta Trenta said Monday, ruling out Italian military intervention there. "France, from my point of view, has a ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up (CNN) — The French government stepped up its fight against ...

A French court on Thursday sentenced ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in prison for accepting illegal campaign funds from late Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi. Sarkozy, who was convicted ...

France's ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy became the first former head of an EU state to be jailed Tuesday, proclaiming his ...

France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy began a five-year sentence on Tuesday for conspiring to raise campaign funds from ...

PARIS (Reuters) - France said Thursday it had U.N. approval to release 1.5 billion euros (1.3 billion pounds) of Libyan assets to help rebuild the country, and the interim ruling council denied a ...

PARIS (Reuters) - France's defense minister vowed on Saturday to keep up its aerial bombardment of Muammar Gaddafi's troops in Libya as it readies to withdraw the conflict's only aircraft carrier for ...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy leave their home Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025 in Paris as ...

Britain, France and other Western countries sought to restore a relationship with Libya for security, diplomatic and business purposes. In 2007, Sarkozy welcomed Gadhafi to Paris with honors for a ...