French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has returned to court to appeal an embezzlement conviction that risks affecting her 2027 presidential ambitions.

Brigitte Bardot, who has died at 91, often said that the hounding she received from the world's press in her years as a sex symbol of the 1960s made her identify with hunted and abused animals.

French 1960s sex symbol Brigitte Bardot has died at age 91.

The world lost influential people in 2025, and some of their deaths had significant impacts.

President Emmanuel Macron's promise to win over far-right voters in France is faltering.

The September killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a campus speaking event rocked the political landscape in the U.S. and beyond.

He wears his suits like armor, smiles like a pop star and has more than 2 million followers on TikTok.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has denounced the court ruling that placed a five-year ban on her seeking public office for embezzlement.

For years, Marine Le Pen stood at the gates of power — poised, relentless and rising.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been sentenced to a five-year ban on running for public office for embezzling EU funds in a major political earthquake.

Over 1,000 people attended a memorial ceremony in central Paris for the founder of France’s main far-right party, Jean-Marie Le Pen, who died last week at the age of 96.

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s main far-right party and a polarizing figure in French politics, is being buried in a private family ceremony in his hometown of La Trinité-sur-Mer in Brittany.

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right National Front who was known for fiery rhetoric against immigration and multiculturalism that earned him both staunch supporters and widespread condemnation, has died.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has denied violating any rules as she and her National Rally party and two dozen others went on trial accused of embezzling European Parliament funds.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen appeared to be nearer to power than ever last week after her National Rally party triumphed in the opening round of legislative elections.

At just 28 years old, Jordan Bardella has helped make the far-right National Rally the strongest political force in France.

Antisemitism has surged as a hot-button issue in France's high-stakes legislative election campaign.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has set off a cacophony of criticism over her plans to attend a weekend march to protest rising antisemitism in France.

An ambitious 27-year-old has been elected to replace Marine Le Pen as president of France's main far-right party National Rally.

French President Emmanuel Macron has decried his Nazi-collaborator predecessors and vigorously vowed to stamp out Holocaust denial.

Voters are choosing between two visions of France and two very different people in Sunday's presidential runoff.

Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny waded into France’s tight presidential campaign, urging voters to back incumbent Emmanuel Macron in Sunday's runoff and alleging that far-right challenger Marine Le Pen is too closely linked to Russia.

Paris prosecutors are studying a report by the EU fraud agency accusing French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen of misusing public funds while serving in the European Parliament.

French nationalist Marine Le Pen has softened her rhetoric and her image as she tries to unseat centrist President Emmanuel Macron in the upcoming election, taking place in two rounds on April 10 and 24.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is facing stinging criticism for making her party too mainstream, dulling its extremist edge, and ignoring grassroots members.

President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist party was decimated in this weekend’s regional elections and Marine Le Pen’s far-right party failed.

Mainstream candidates have delivered a stinging setback to the anti-immigration far right in regional elections in France.

Marine Le Pen’s once-ascendant far-right party is struggling ahead of runoff elections for France's regional leadership.