France’s foreign minister vowed Saturday to “defeat” rapidly spreading drug trafficking in Europe, as he spoke to AFP on a trip to Colombia, a major narcotics producer.

Jean-Noel Barrot is in the South American country for a summit between the EU and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States.

A court in Paris will decide whether to release France's former President Nicolas Sarkozy from prison on Monday, just 20 days after he was incarcerated. He was sentenced to five years in prison ...