A photograph agency is suing former All Black Byron Kelleher's clothing company for alleged copyright breaches.

The parents of a eight-year-old girl whose body was found encased in concrete in France have been held on suspicion of manslaughter.

A former All Black too drunk for a breath test suffers fractures to his face in a fight after a crash.

A French man who wanted to experience "the real New Zealand" was abducted and raped while travelling alone on a rural backroad.

President Nicolas Sarkozy is so sensitive about his height that his aides "cast" small women to appear beside him in public, according to Belgian television.

Traffic chaos erupted and reached gridlock in two Paris suburbs after feuding mayors declared the same busy road one-way, but in opposite directions.

British swimming pools have begun hosting special Muslim swim sessions during which all swimmers will be banned from swimming if they do not comply with Islamic dress code.

The fashion designer has bough more than 40 houses in the French town of Lacoste in the hopes of turning it into a 'cultural Saint Tropez'.