A French court in 1987 convicted Le Pen of ... he lost its vision later through illness. As a Foreign Legion paratrooper in Indochina in 1954, Le Pen fought against the Communist-dominated Viet ...

French media likened the life of the ... Le Pen told the far-right newspaper Combat in 1962 that, as a paratrooper in the Foreign Legion during the Battle of Algiers, he tortured members of ...

In a little-known 1957 conflict, Moroccos Liberation Army staged a bold offensive against Spanish colonial rule in Ifni and ...

The immediate cause, ironically enough, was the prospect that the grim, seven-year war in Algeria might end in a cease-fire now being negotiated between the French government and the Moslem F.L.N ...

The French Foreign Legion: once infamous, now fighting a new battle. In French Guiana’s rainforest, they’re tracking illegal gold miners destroying nature. DW joined them on their mission.

The Foreign Office has warned that joining the Ukrainian International Legion is illegal, although it is not clear if this applies to non-combat volunteers. So far the government has not tried to ...

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The Foreign Office has warned that joining the Ukrainian International Legion is illegal, although it is not clear if this applies to non-combat volunteers. So far the government has not tried to ...

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Similarly, foreign soldiers in the French Foreign Legion can obtain citizenship after three years of service. In recent years, the Ukrainian military has welcomed foreign fighters from many corners of ...

French foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot arrived in Rwanda on Thursday to address the crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with President Paul Kagame. He urged the withdrawal of ...