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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a news briefing at the Saadabad palace in Tehran in this Friday, April 3, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

France won’t dine without wine, cancels dinner with Iran over menu dispute

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

In this Monday, Oct. 31, 2011, file photo, a French gendarme and French custom officer check vehicles, in La Turbie, southeastern France, near the Franco-Italian border, in spite of the EU's passport-free zone Schengen, as security measures are taken ahead of the G20 Summit of Cannes. France will reinstate controls on its borders — normally open to other countries in Europe's free-travel zone — for the period around a major U.N. climate conference in Paris, the interior minister said Friday, Nov. 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)

France to reinstate border controls for U.N. climate meeting

By Angela Charlton - Associated Press

Rafale jet fighters of the French navy sit on the deck of the French nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle in the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday, March 23, 2011. The international military operation against the forces of Col. Moammar Gadhafi, Libya's leader, may last days or weeks — but not months, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said Thursday. (AP Photo/French navy, Raphael Martinez)

France to send aircraft carrier to aid U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Karim Benzema's lawyer Sylvain Cormier answers questions as he meets the media in front of a police station in Versailles, south of Paris, France, where his client is being questioned, Wednesday, Nov. 04, 2015. France striker Karim Benzema will remain in custody overnight after being questioned on Wednesday as part of an investigation into a blackmail case over a sex tape involving another player. (AP Photo/Binta Epelly)

France striker Karim Benzema charged in sex tape case

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

illustration on continuing financial aid to Greece by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

ROBERT LAIDLEY: Austerity leads nowhere

By Robert Laidley

Police car lights. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

42 killed, mainly retirees, in French bus-truck collision

By Angela Charlton - Associated Press

Carter has moved on since 2007, desperate to reach RWC final

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘A Pattern on Lies (A Bess Crawford Mystery)

By Muriel Dobbin

France Davis Cup captain Arnaud Clement gets the sack

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Avenue of Spies: A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and one American Family’s Heroic R

By Joseph C. Goulden

In this photo provided by Christina Cathleen Coons, a man is detained on a train platform after an incident on a high-speed train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris, Friday, Aug. 21, 2015, in Arras, northern France. The gunman opened fire on the train wounding several people before American passengers subdued him, according to officials and one of the Americans involved. (Christina Cathleen Coon via AP)

3 Americans praised for subduing gunman on European train

By Nadine Achoui-Lesage and Stephanie Siek - Associated Press

Firefighters were unable to save a house during shelling Monday night in Donetsk, Ukraine. The artillery exchange between government troops and Russia-backed rebels killed several people. (Associated Press)

Russia-Ukraine clashes spark fears Vladimir Putin may greenlight offensive

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘First to Fly: The Story of the Lafayette Escadrille, World War I and the Americans who

By Thomas W. Schaaf Sr.

Illustration on Britain's struggle to secure it's southern border by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

CAL THOMAS: Calais immigration crisis

By Cal Thomas

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu immediately condemned the deal Tuesday, saying the agreement to curb Iran's nuclear programs in exchange for an eventual end to sanctions on Tehran was a "stunning historic mistake" under which Iran will get "a cash bonanza of hundreds of billions of dollars which will allow it to continue to pursue its agenda of aggression and terror." (Associated Press)

Iran nuclear deal condemned by Israel, Saudi Arabia; other world leaders relieved

By Andrew Nachemson - The Washington Times

Secretary of State John F. Kerry, who threatened to walk away from the Iran nuclear deal negotiations last week, said Sunday that "a few tough things" remain in the way but added, "We're getting to some real decisions." (Associated Press)

Iran nuclear deal imminent, negotiators say; lawmakers worry Obama conceded too much

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with foreign ministers of Germany, France, China, Britain, Russia and the European Union at a hotel in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, July 7, 2015. (Carlos Barria/Pool photo via AP)

John Kerry: Iran deal delayed again; ‘We will not rush and we will not be rushed’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

The 2015 Volvo XC60 goes the extra mile. (Photo by Rita Cook) **FILE**

RITA COOK: CAR REVIEW: The 2015 Volvo XC60 goes the extra mile

By Rita Cook

French taxi drivers protested, and authorities took two Uber managers into custody for questioning last week over "illicit activity" involving the low-cost ride-hailing service. (Associated Press)

Uber hits speedbumps abroad as regulators, taxi drivers turn hostile

By Brennan Weiss - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2007, file photo, a Confederate flags fly in the infield as cars come out of turn one during a NASCAR auto race at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala. NASCAR is backing South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley's call to remove the Confederate flag from the South Carolina Statehouse grounds in the wake of a massacre at a Charleston church, it said in a statement Tuesday, June 23, 2015. Though NASCAR bars the use of the flag in any official capacity, many fans fly the flag at their races. (AP Photo/Rob Carr, File)

SNYDER: As NASCAR has learned, use of Confederate flag simply bad for business

By Deron Snyder - The Washington Times