Valérie André, a French military officer, brain surgeon, and licensed pilot who was believed to be the first woman to fly helicopter rescue missions in combat zones — during the French-Indochina war ...

Long before there were air ambulance companies like CareFlight, and TV shows like 'China Beach' and 'M*A*S*H,' Valérie André ...

She said she initially met resistance to her plan from the ... In 1976, she became the first female general in the French armed forces. Five years later, after her military retirement, she was ...

With its rich culture, breathtaking sights and intriguing landmarks, it’s not surprising that France is on the travel bucket ...

Female genital mutilation is internationally recognized as a human rights violation, and involves altering or injuring the ...

"I still see the knife, and the lady who held me down," said Hawa'a Mohamed Kamil, a peer educator in Djibouti, who was ...

Matthias Lilienthal will take over running the Berlin playhouse, which has been lurching from crisis to crisis for years.

Car bombs and militant attacks no longer a daily concern in the streets of Baghdad, many young Iraqis say their opportunities ...

The fact that Josephine Baker was the first Black woman to star in a major motion picture, Siren of the Tropics (1927), is only one aspect of her remarkable achievements. In addition to being a major ...

Just as Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof completed shooting his 10th film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, in April last year he was forced to flee his home in Tehran where he faced an eight-year ...