Francois Hollande refused to ‘repent’ for France’s colonial past in Algeria, saying instead that he wanted to boost trade with the oil-rich country.

Police have lost contact with Mohamed Merah, the gunman suspected of seven people, more than a day after 300 police first surrounded his house.

A gunman suspected of killing seven people, including three children at a Jewish school, says he would hand himself over to police.

A gunman suspected of killing three children and a rabbi at a Jewish school in France has wounded three police officers in a shoot-out during a raid.

Sudan’s debt risks exacerbating a difficult economic situation as annual debt servicing costs hit about $1-billion after the secession of the South.

President Mahmoud Abbas has told the United Nations chief he will seek full UN membership for a Palestinian state.

IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was arrested and charged on Sunday with sexually assaulting a New York hotel maid.

French police cleared access to the refinery supplying fuel to Paris on Friday as unions hardened their stance ahead of a vote on pension reform.