Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed heads to Paris Wednesday in a bid to drum up French investment in the struggling economy of its former North African colony. Chahed, 41, will meet his counterpart Manuel Valls and President Francois Hollande during the "strategic" visit, he told AFP in...

At first, the French viewed the U.S. presidential election with delight: It was a quintessentially American sitcom, reality television let loose into the realm of reality. But then delight became shock, and shock became horror. In recent months, François , France’s president, has been...

When Saada al-Aboud saw Islamic State fighters bringing weaponry into her village near their Syrian bastion of Raqa, she feared she and her family would become human shields for the jihadists. "Daesh fighters brought heavy weapons to our village and stayed among us so that if there were...

Iraqi investigators carried out an initial examination on Tuesday of a mass grave site discovered in an area south of Mosul that was recently retaken from the Islamic State group. Iraqi security forces announced the discovery of the site in the Hamam al-Alil area the day before, after...