Two French soldiers were killed and two others wounded when their patrol came under fire during an ordnance clearance mission ...

PARIS (AP) — France flew out the two Mirage fighter jets it had stationed in Chad on Tuesday, signaling the beginning of its withdrawal of military forces from the former French colony in central ...

Cyprus is set to sign an agreement in June allowing the presence of French forces on the island for humanitarian purposes, President Nikos Christodoulides said Sunday.Speaking after a memorial service ...

Cyprus is moving towards the signing of a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with France in June, formalising an expanded ...

President Alassane Ouattara said in an end-of-year speech that French forces will withdraw from the West African nation in January, making it the latest country to weaken military ties with the former ...

The offensive was part of France's Operation Barkhane, active in Mali as well as four other former French colonies in west Africa -- Mauritania, Niger, Chad and Burkina Faso. "French forces on ...