US intelligence helped French warplanes target Algerian militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar, one of Al-Qaeda’s key allies in North Africa, and believes he was killed, an American official told AFP Monday. Belmokhtar, a notorious faction commander in the Al-Murabitoun ‘jihadist’ group, was likely killed in a strike in Libya earlier this month, ...
French President Francois Hollande said Saturday that the embargo which “punishes” Cuba should be lifted once and for all, following the death of former leader Fidel Castro. “On the occasion of Fidel Castro’s death I want again to say that the embargo which punishes Cuba should be lifted definitively,” he ...