French action in northern Africa has stirred up tension in the region as a French hostage is murdered execution style in Somalia and al-Qaeda-linked militants take hostages in nearby Algeria.
It was announced by the French Defense Ministry that France has 750 troops on Mali soil and nearly 1,700 additional troops will take part in the Mali offensive.
GENEVA — The U.N.’s top human rights official is calling for an international inquiry into what she calls the "deplorable human rights situation" in North Korea.
Afghan officials are reporting the death of seven civilians in a mosque explosion early Sunday morning in the Sayad Abad District of the Wardak province of Afghanistan.