Founded for outcasts, fugitives, and fighters, the French Foreign Legion became one of the world’s most feared forces. But its brutal training and unbreakable code come at a price.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot has denounced spy charges against two French nationals imprisoned in Iran for more than three years. Barrot has urged the immediate release of Cécile Kohler ...

France’s foreign minister denounced spy charges reportedly being used to hold two French nationals in Iran for more than three years, saying the allegations are “unjustified and unfounded ...

People walk past the portraits of French nationals Cecile Kohler Jacques Paris imprisoned for more than 3 years in Iran, 3 July 2025 ...

Ukraine ended up with a Foreign Legion of volunteer soldiers from over a dozen countries. This is not unusual. It happened in earlier conflicts between Russia and Ukraine and during World War II and ...