Algeria

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

Timbuktu residents asked to look after camel presented to French president dine out on it instead.

Ryad Boudebouz says he would like to prove himself at a top French club, then make a move abroad, as Liverpool continue to be connected to the playmaker.

Hungry villagers can't resist animal gifted to French president for defeating Islamists

Moreirense striker Nabil Ghilas claims he is flattered by the reported interest in him from Everton.

Pakistan-origin victims were heading to Gaza Strip in convoy when gang-raped in Benghazi.

West Ham will meet with representatives of striker Wilfried Bony this week as they attempt to secure a £12million deal for the Vitesse Arnham forward.

China's arms exports surge 162 percent between 2008 and 2012 from previous five-year period, says SIPRI.

Liverpool are interested in Valencia playmaker Sofiane Feghouli as manager Brendan Rodgers looks to bolster his squad in the summer.

As French troops and their allies start their tenth week fighting against Muslim militants and terrorists in Northern Mali, opinion in one of the world's poorer countries remains firmly in favour of the intervention by France, the old colonial power, in the country's struggle against the extremists which so nearly brought down the country's government. If the fundamentalists had reached Bamako, the capital, it is more than likely that the victorious Islamists would have imposed the str...

Mystery surrounds image of ringleader who led rebels in raid on In Amenas gas plant.

Algeria's In Amenas gas plant attack mastermind Belmokhtar 'leading the fighting' against Chadian forces.

Death of militant behind Algeria’s In Amenas gas plant siege regarded as blow to al-Qaida.

Militant was reportedly involved in killing of British tourist Edwin Dyer in 2009.

IBTimes TV presenter Marverine Cole examines the international response to the crisis in Mali.

Economic interests as much as post-colonial 'friendship' have pushed President Francois Hollande into military intervention.

Jamie Carragher will have a significant role to play at Liverpool during the remainder of this season and beyond

Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), a terrorist group which is financed through its criminal activities of smuggling, drug trafficking and kidnapping for ransom, carried out two separate bombings on 11 April 2007 in the Algerian capital, Algiers. Active members vary between 300 and 800 for this Salafist group which formally changed its name from Group for Call (that is Preaching) and Combat (GSPC in its French form) only in January 2007. Itself a splinter organisation with a history of lea...

Foreign Office warns of kidnapping threat from criminals and terrorists in breakaway Somaliland region

Britain, Germany and Netherlands urge nationals to get out of danger city immediately.

Outgoing secretary of state takes reponsibility for attack that killed four Americans including ambassador Chris Stevens.

Clinton tells Congress of commitment to improving security at US diplomatic missions worldwide.

Dominic Gover goes behind Tory lines and finds out who are the Euro rebels who forced their leader to change his stance on Europe.

Executions, daring escapes and hiding under beds among harrowing stories to emerge from hostage crisis.

Algerian authorities finding it difficult to identify bodies at In Amenas gas plant as death toll passes 80.

Foreign Office rebuts mounting calls for wider international response to Mali crisis.

Britain, United States and Germany reluctant to commit as Mali faces existential threat

Algerian army's operation results in killing of 32 militants and seven hostages, increasing death toll among captives to 23.

BP says four British hostages still unaccounted for.

Philip Hammond says terrorists "bear sole responsibility" for deaths of seven hostages.