France launches al-Qaeda offensive in Mali

A French force of 1 000 soldiers in a major offensive has swept a valley thought to be a logistics base for al-Qaeda near the Malian city of Gao.

Aleppo pounded as Jolie visits Syria refugees

Syrian troops have pounded Aleppo to thwart a rebel advance in Syria's second city as actress Angelina Jolie visited a Jordanian camp for refugees.

France unveils anti-pirate ship project

A French project featuring a range of anti-piracy features, including sound blasts, has been unveiled at a shipping security forum in Nantes.

Nato 'regrets' bombing Libyan rebels' tanks

Gadaffi's forces shelled Ajdabiya in Libya on Friday, as Nato expressed regret at the deaths caused by an alliance air strike on rebel tank

World's lawless areas are terror havens, says report

Dotted throughout the world are "ungoverned territories" outside the control of the states in which they lie and which provide havens for extremists, according to a United States military-financed study by the Rand Corporation think tank. "The world is full of safe havens for potential terrorists," Angel Rabasa, director of the study, said this week.

Expelled settlers replant Zionist dream in West Bank

In the barren, rocky landscape of the West Bank in the northern Jordan Valley, Yossi Hazut and his family, expelled from Israeli settlements in Gaza, dream of reconstructing their Zionist dream. Last week, the Israeli government approved this site at Maskiot to become the first new Israeli settlement to be authorised in the occupied Palestinian territories since 1992.
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