France. The word from France's run-down estates . A remarkable book written by four young men has highlighted the reality of life on one of France's many impoverished and neglected housing estates.

The controversy over using of the word “Islamist” in tandem with “extremists” or “militants” is not new, but it has moved to the front burner in the wake of France’s recent terrorist ...

PARIS — The word “ensauvagement” has been a favorite dog whistle of France’s far right in recent years, used to suggest that the nation is turning savage.

Don't get too hot and bothered about recent reports that France officially has a word for "French kiss." France has indeed coined a term, "galocher," for the act -- but there's nothing official ...

Spread the Word. Everywhere his appeal was the same: unity and equality. At Batna (pop. 20,000), he at first conspicuously ignored the small crowd of Europeans who turned out to greet him.

Algeria, technically a part of metropolitan France since 1848, was the only part of France to hold no election this week. But it was not forgotten: Algeria was the central, most heated issue in ...

France is bidding adieu to the word “smartphone“—the country will be using its own terminology to refer to the ubiquitous mobile devices henceforth. Why? Because the French ...