Long-Forbidden French Anti-Riot Force Sent to Martinique as Thousands Defy Bans on Protests MEXICO CITY (AP) — France has sent a group of special anti-riot police that's been banned for 65 years ...

France has sent a group of special anti-riot police that's been banned for 65 years to the French Caribbean island of Martinique, where protesters have gathered despite the government barring ...

Martinique is the latest nation to begin breaking free from its French colonizer. The Caribbean island, which sits in the Lesser Antilles and is an overseas region of France, has joined the likes ...

FORT-DE-FRANCE (Reuters) - In Martinique, a French territory in the Caribbean, tourists flock to crystalline waterfalls nestling in the tropical rainforests. But the water that comes out of ...

The French state continues to deny responsibility in the chlordecone scandal, after authorising the use of the pesticide for ...

Unrest continues to rock French Caribbean Island of Martinique. The territory’s main airport was targeted by demonstrators in a fresh protest decrying a high cost of living, on Thursday.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Nine hikers on the French Caribbean island of Martinique were swept away by a swollen river, leaving two of them dead and seven requiring a rescue, officials said ...

Our reporters Florence Gaillard and Georges Yazbeck travelled to Martinique to hear from those who embody this complex identity. Following the Christian calendar, the four days before Ash ...

Discontent in French overseas territories is not unique to Martinique. In the Pacific Ocean archipelago New Caledonia, an attempt to reduce the voting weight of indigenous Kanak people brought ...

FORT-DE-FRANCE, (Reuters) – In Martinique, a French territory in the Caribbean, tourists flock to crystalline waterfalls nestling in the tropical rainforests. But the water that comes out of Chr ...