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Two trucks smuggling migrants across the desert broke down north of Niger's town of Arlit.

Front National leader puzzled by the beards sported by hostages freed by al-Qaida in Niger

China's booming arms sales underpinned by discount model and Beijing's willingness to sell weapons to risky recipients.

On 04 October 2013, the man some refer to as Vietnam's "Red Napoleon", Senior General Vo Nguyen Giap, died at the Central Military Hospital in Vietnam's capital, Hanoi, at the age of 102. General Giap's grand state funeral came to a finale on 13 October and definitely marks that oft used phrase "the end of an era", not least because the General managed to outlive his contemporaries in power, civil and military, friend and foe alike.

Tunisian government is battling Ansar al-Sharia militants near Algerian border

ICRC said bubonic plague is rife in Madagascar due to its jails poor hygienic conditions.

Cash will be used to create paths away from terror for disaffected lured by jihad.

Contrast between Tunisian Revolution and what has happened in Egypt, Lybia and Syria could not be more stark.

Step-by-step guide to install official Android 4.2.2 I9500XXUBMG9 Jelly Bean OTA update for Galaxy S4 GT-I9500.

Study to find most recent common ancestors of modern humans suggests 'Adam' is older than 'Eve' .

Step-by-step guide to root Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 on official Android 4.1.2 XXEMF6 Jelly Bean firmware.

French tyre manufacturer reports significant decline in first-half profits.

Another Bastille Day (14 July) over and this year's pride of place in the military march past went to detachments of the French, Malian and other West African Army forces which had saved Mali from imploding and falling into the hands of Islamic extremists in January 2013. Troops from 13 African nations that had supported France's Opération Serval in Mali, participated in the parade. The United Nations soldiers in their blue berets were led by Mali's Colonel Elisée Jean Dao. The countr...

Footballers face three years in jail for paying Zahia Dehar for sex before she was 18.

On 26 January 2013, French forces liberated the city of Gao in Mali after it had endured a 10-month-long occupation by Islamic extremists calling themselves the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) and its close ally, Ansar Dine. MUJAO was established as recently as mid-2011 as a Black African offshoot of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) because its fighters thought the parent organisation "too Algeria" focused. In Mali, where the population for the most part pract...

Taksim Square calm after fourth night of violent protests laid at door of Twitter and opposition party.

Femen activist protests in Paris cathedral over anti-gay historian praised by Marine Le Pen.

Academic who shoots himself in public praised by National Front leader Marine Le Pen over gay rights criticism.

Liverpool prepare to bring Parma striker Ishak Belfodil to Anfield, despite interest from Juventus and Borussia Dortmund.

The company's order backlog has risen to an all time high of $12.1bn as of 30, April.

Spanish ministry says al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb suspects have similar profile to Boston bombers.