France’s foreign minister has said western powers are preparing a tough response in case Syrian president Bashar Assad’s regime deploys chemical or biological weapons in its civil war.

Nancy midfielder Bakaye Traore has revealed he will be an AC Milan player next season.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said a former top aide to Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi is living in France with government permission.

ONE of France’s biggest unions called yesterday for further “massive” strike action next week against a planned pension reform that has triggered the biggest and most sustained anti-austerity protests in Europe.

HUNDREDS of thousands of strikers marched through French cities yesterday to demand pay rises and protection for jobs, challenging President Nicolas Sarkozy to do more for workers.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger expects there will be a development in his contract negotiations on Thursday or Friday this week.

French protesters are aiming to rally at least a million people for nationwide marches and strikes today against an employment law that has plunged the country into crisis.

French protesters, declaring themselves on the brink of victory, hoped today to rally at least a million people for nationwide marches and strikes against a law – aimed at stemming joblessness – that has plunged the country into crisis.

President Jacques Chirac is back at work and capable of carrying out his duties after an illness that kept him in a hospital for a week, the French Prime Minister said today.

Robert Pires has been summoned to an official meeting in Paris by French Football Federation (FFF) president Claude Simonet to explain his recent comments about national team coach Raymond Domenech.