Online retail platforms Shein, Temu, AliExpress and Wish are being investigated in France for alleged rule breaches that include minors being able to access pornographic content via their marketplaces,

French authorities have warned they may block access to Shein after it emerged that the online fast fashion giant had been selling sex dolls with a childlike appearance.

France is the latest country to change its criminal code to a consent-based definition of rape, but other developed countries still haven’t.

France's National Film Board is doubling down on Asia as the region emerges as a vital creative force in a shifting global entertainment landscape.

The French government will begin closed-door talks with lawmakers this week in a bid to salvage a budget from a bitter, slow-moving parliamentary debate that risks toppling Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu.

The new legislation was adopted after dozens of men were convicted of raping Gisèle Pelicot while she was drugged by her husband.

France’s consumer watchdog said last week it had discovered the dolls on Shein’s website, noting that their descriptions and categorization left little doubt as to their child-pornographic nature.

Iran has released two French nationals held there for more than three years, French President Macron said on X. Cecile Kohler and her partner Jacques Paris, who had been detained since 2022, "are out of the Evin jail and en route to the French embassy in Teheran" Macron said on X.