French soldiers have killed a senior jihadist commander, Yahya Abou El Hamame, in an operation in Mali, France’s Defense Minister Florence Parly said Friday. The Algerian, an Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) commander, was allegedly responsible for the kidnapping of a number of Westerners in North and West Africa. ...
The death toll from an overnight fire in Paris has risen to 10, the fire service and local prosecutor’s office told AFP Tuesday. Officials had warned earlier that the toll could rise as rescue workers searched the top floors of the eight-storey apartment block which was gutted by the huge ...