Nearly 300 foreign mercenaries hired by the Democratic Republic of Congo government to counter a swift offensive by ...

One man wore a shirt emblazoned with "REGIMENT ETRANGER DES PARACHUTISTES", the French Foreign Legion's parachute regiment, which successfully fought in Zaire, Congo's former name, in 1978 to ...

In 2013, Gutbrod was presented the French Legion of Honour at Lycée Français de New ... More than half of the U.S. Army 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment were lost or wounded in that initial battle.

French foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot arrived in Rwanda on Thursday to address the crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with President Paul Kagame. He urged the withdrawal of ...

John Savage was shot dead by members of the Parachute Regiment while travelling in the stolen Vauxhall Viva on the Springfield Road in December 1976. His brother Michael sued the Ministry of ...

A French government spokesman on Thursday demanded ... territorial integrity of DR Congo are not up for negotiation,” foreign ministry spokesman Christophe Lemoine said after Foreign Minister ...

SAMUEL GRATACAP FOR LE MONDE As director general of the General Directorate of External Security (DGSE), the French service in charge of foreign intelligence, Nicolas Lerner is in a privileged ...

Maya Mehrara is a News Reporter at Newsweek based in London, U.K.. Her focus is reporting on international news. She has covered Ukraine, Russia, immigration issues, and the revolution in Iran.