Selling surplus military items has been a lucrative business, especially considering the rarity of Russian equipment on the ...

As for the French Army, this exercise included soldiers from the 4th Company of the 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion, ...

On Saturday, the French ... the Legion of Honor, the European country’s highest decoration. Established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802, the medal is awarded to French citizens and foreign ...

Niger’s junta has adopted Hausa as the national language in the place of French in a further break from Paris, its former colonial master. Since overthrowing civilian president Mohamed Bazoum in ...

MOSCOW - Russia summoned the French ambassador in Moscow to the foreign ministry to complain after a Russian diplomat was detained by border guards at a French airport, foreign ministry ...

French Ambassador Nicolas de Riviere was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry after detention of a Russian diplomat at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria ...

The employee, who worked for Russia’s foreign ministry, was part of an official delegation and arrived in France on Sunday. According to Russian officials, French border police confiscated the ...

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot arrived in Algeria for an official visit on Sunday after months of political tension. The top French diplomat was welcomed by his Algerian counterpart ...

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot is in Algiers on Sunday, at the invitation of the Algerian government, to plan ways to shore up bilateral relations which have been strained in recent months.

For generations the French Foreign Legion has been romanticised as a refuge for men seeking a second chance in life. But what is it really like? Bear Grylls sets off for the Sahara desert to find out.