Tags: Nicolas Sarkozy

Nicolas Sarkozy and his lawyers are hoping that the French court will rule on the invalidity of the wiretapped evidence against the former French president.

Marine Le Pen's far-right National Front did not win any region in French elections on Sunday, in a setback to her hopes of being a serious presidential contender in 2017.

The suspected militant Islamist accused of decapitating his boss and attempting to blow up a gas plant in southeastern France had taken a macabre "selfie" with the severed head before his arrest, a source close to the investigation said on Saturday.