PARIS, FRANCE, Fran Blandy- Millions of people were expected to join a march through Paris Sunday in solidarity with the victims of the Islamist attacks, with dozens of world leaders to attend the...
ARBIL, IRAQ- Militants from the Islamic State jihadist group launched a surprise attack on Kurdish forces in the Gwer area of north Iraq, killing 26, security officials said Saturday. The militants...
TRIPOLI, LEBANON- Two suicide bombers killed nine people and wounded 37 others in an attack on a cafe in a flashpoint Alawite neighbourhood of the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli Saturday,...
PARIS, FRANCE- The co-creator of legendary comic strip character Asterix, Albert Uderzo, has come out of retirement to pen cartoons in memory of the victims of the killings at French satirical...
LOS ANGELES, US, Michael Thurston- Hollywood is holding its breath ahead of Sunday's Golden Globes, with dark comedy "Birdman" leading the race for awards glory ahead of next month's all-important...
LOS ANGELES, US- The jihadist attacks on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish store have exposed French intelligence and security failings, the Simon Wiesenthal Center human rights...
BEIRUT, LEBANON- The Islamic State (IS) group beheaded Thursday a Syrian imam, or mosque prayer leader, for "insulting God," a monitoring group said. "The IS executed the imam of a mosque from the...
PARIS, FRANCE, Fran Blandy- When a masked gunman burst into the Charlie Hebdo editorial meeting shouting "Allahu akbar" and fired off a hail of bullets, journalist Laurent Leger threw himself behind...
LONDON, UK, Alice Ritchie- The UN Security Council led global condemnation of the "terrorist" shooting at French magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday which left 12 people dead, in a shocking attack on...
PARIS, FRANCE- The calm, cold determination and deadly efficiency of the gunmen who attacked a French satirical magazine on Wednesday, leaving 12 people dead, has led police to believe they received...