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French naval forces have intercepted 4.24 tons of cocaine off French Polynesia, marking the second major drug seizure in the territory in less than three weeks

MARSEILLE, France, Jan 25 (Reuters) – The captain of an oil tanker intercepted by the French navy has been detained under investigations into

By Florence Loeve and Tassilo Hummel PARIS, Dec 21 (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron confirmed on Sunday plans to build a new, larger

A French Navy frigate seized 5,919 kg of cocaine valued at approximately €320 million during an operation off the coast of West Africa last Friday. The

The French Navy has conducted a rare shock test on the La Fayette-class frigate Courbet off the coast of Toulon, France. The test, part of the POLARIS

by Lefteris Papadimas – ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece will start negotiations to buy a fourth Belharra frigate from France to strengthen

The French Navy on Tuesday shot down two drones launched from Yemen towards the Red Sea. The French Navy has two frigates deployed in the Southern Red Sea and

by John Irish (Reuters) – French naval forces are accompanying ships with French interests through the Red Sea region, the country’s

by Dmitry Zhdannikov (Reuters) The United States is assembling a multinational naval coalition to help safeguard commercial traffic from attacks by

The French Navy has released new details about a missile attack on the Norwegian chemical tanker MT Strinda that occurred in the Bam-el-Mandem Strait.

The French Navy has sized more than six metric tons of cocaine from a cargo ship in the Gulf of Guinea. The merchant ship was underway from South American

PARIS, Dec 8 (Reuters) – France’s next-generation aircraft carrier will be nuclear-powered and replace the national fleet’s flagship warship,

By John Irish PARIS, April 17 (Reuters) – France defended its handling of the spread of the coronavirus through its flagship Charles de Gaulle aircraft

By Tangi Salaün PARIS, April 8 (Reuters) – France’s flagship aircraft carrier the Charles de Gaulle is returning to its home port early after

PARIS, Oct 23 (Reuters) – France will make a decision on the replacement of its flagship aircraft carrier the Charles de Gaulle at the start of 2020, its

PARIS, June 9 (Reuters) – A second ship equipped with specialist search devices will join the hunt for the “black box” flight recorders and

By Yeganeh Torbati ABOARD THE CHARLES DE GAULLE, Dec 19 (Reuters) – French and U.S. officials boast of the closeness of their military alliance, as

A cargo ship smuggling marijuana in the Mediterranean Sea was set ablaze in an alleged attempt by the crew to destroy the evidence, the second such incident in

In a completely unrelated incident from the Maersk Alabama situation, the Associated Press and other news sources are reporting that the French Navy has

This week’s vessel is the BEM Monge, a Measure and Test Ship of the French Navy.  The ship is equipped with extensive tracking technologies as well as