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PARIS (AP) — A former French budget minister will appear in court on charges of tax fraud and money laundering that forced him to dramatically resign three years ago in the first political scandal under President Francois Hollande.

PARIS (AP) — France has fired its first airstrikes in Syria as it expands military operations against Islamic State extremists.

The latest on the gunman who was subdued by passengers after opening fire at a train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris (all times local Paris time):

French Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet says debris from the crash of an Airbus A320 has been located and the plane crashed at 2,000 meters altitude in the Alps.

A jihadist group has just released video showing the beheading of a French citizen who was abducted this weekend in Algeria.

PARIS (AP) — The French president's office says that a priest kidnapped in Cameroon in mid-November has been set free.