A woman who flew as a stowaway on a Delta Air Lines flight from New York to Paris earlier this week remains in France after causing a disturbance on a flight scheduled to take her back to the United States Saturday, according to two law enforcement sources. The woman was removed from the would-be return flight before takeoff in Paris, the officials told CNN.

The woman was removed from the Delta flight by French law enforcement prior to takeoff Saturday, CBS News learned.

A fifty-something Russian woman who this week made headlines after sneaking onto a Paris-bound Delta flight from New York’s John F. Kennedy airport remains detained in the City of Love after causing a scene such that was she deplaned from her flight back to the United States.

A French plan to significantly reduce its military presence in West and central Africa risks backfiring and further diminishing the former colonial power's influence in the region at a time when Russia is gaining ground.

The decision by Chad is another blow to what remained of France’s military influence in the troubled stretch of countries below the Sahara, where Russia’s influence has been growing.

Chad is a key partner in the West's fight against Islamist militants in the West African Sahel region. But prior to the presidential election in May, Chad's authorities ordered the withdrawal of US troops from the country,