Founded for outcasts, fugitives, and fighters, the French Foreign Legion became one of the world’s most feared forces. But its brutal training and unbreakable code come at a price.

Thiruvananthapuram, June 18 (UNI) ''Pardon My French'' bookshelf will be launched with a literary conversation between Lok Sabha member Dr Shashi Tharoor and Dr Thierry Mathou, Ambassador of France to ...

The French Foreign Legion: once infamous, now fighting a new battle. In French Guiana’s rainforest, they’re tracking illegal gold miners destroying nature. DW joined them on their mission ...

The French Foreign Legion is regarded as the toughest army corps in the world. Its soldiers fight on the frontlines of France's wars.

Sergeant Matthew Reid has become the first Australian to ever complete the French Foreign Legion’s Jaguar Course. Find out how the demanding two month exercise pushed him to his limit. Sergeant ...

The Foreign Legion, a corps of about 10,000 soldiers founded nearly 195 years ago, requires soldiers to change their names on enlistment and allows them to apply for French citizenship after ...

Rumor spread on social media suggests France deployed troops to Ukraine following comments by French President Emmanuel Macron.

The UAE is a hub for mercenaries in Africa and the Middle East. Now the Emirates want their own version of the French Foreign Legion. That may change how secret, private armies work in a legal ...

You know the old joke: “I joined the French Foreign Legion to forget.” — “To forget what?” — “I can’t remember.” In Disco Boy, a man joins the Legion precisely to erase his past ...

The series will follow a British deserter from the infamous French Foreign Legion who is found twenty years after fleeing the harsh reality of his mercenary service and forced back with the new ...