Haiti’s former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide argued that France should pay his country $21 billion. The reason? In 1825, France extracted a huge indemnity from the young nation, in exchange for ...

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy with his wife Carla Bruni. (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD / AFP) A French court will deliver its ruling in the trial of former president Nicolas Sarkozy on charges ...

Paris (AFP) – A French court will rule on September 25 in the trial of former president Nicolas Sarkozy on charges he accepted illegal campaign financing from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi ...

Jean-Michel Darrois, Sarkozy's attorney, criticized the approach of state prosecutors, suggesting they were more focused on public opinion than judicial impartiality. "Why has the prosecution been ...

Sarkozy was the first Western leader to take a public stance to support the rebellion. On February 25, 2011, he said the violence by pro-Gaddafi forces was unacceptable and should not go unpunished.

PARIS (AP) — The monthslong trial of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy over the alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign has shed light on France’s surprising back ...