French police are investigating the nationalist leader Marine Le Pen for posting violent Islamic State images on her Twitter account. The images included the body of the American journalist James Foley who was allegedly decapitated in August 2014. Other tweeted propaganda images include a man ran over by a tank and another set on fire in a cage. Le Pen added the caption “Daesh is this,” using... 

France’s far-right party National Front (FN) has decided to expel Jean-Marie Le Pen, its founder and honorary president, over his sharp criticisms of his daughter’s measures as the current party leader. On Thursday, the FN’s executive committee removed the octogenarian politician from his position and annulled his membership in the party. The decision was made after the committee questioned... 

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been detained for questioning over influence-peddling, judicial sources say. Sarkozy turned himself in early on Tuesday to be quizzed by investigators at their offices in Nanterre, west of Paris, after his lawyer Thierry Herzog was held for questioning on Monday, sources told Reuters. The investigators are seeking to establish if the former president, with...