Politics

Soldiers with shopping bags in Kenya mall video

CCTV footage from Nairobi's Westgate mall appears to show Kenyan soldiers carrying loot out of the besieged shopping centre, attacked four weeks ago.

Oct 21, 2013

EDF signs 16-bn deal to build new UK nuclear plant

French energy giant EDF said on Monday it had clinched a deal worth £16 billion ($26 billion, 18.9 billion euros) to build Britain's first new nuclear plant for a generation, with Chinese backing.

Oct 21, 2013

Two years after Kadhafi's death, militias haunt Libya

Two years after the killing of dictator Moamer Kadhafi, a chaotic Libya is haunted by the spectre of civil war, with heavily armed former rebels transformed into unruly militias. In Tripoli, Libyans express frustration at the lack of progress.

Oct 21, 2013

Nairobi memorial one month after Westgate mall attack

At Nairobi's Karura Forest friends and family gather to commemorate the victims of the Westgate attack, one month on, through a memorial service and the planting of a tree for each of the 70 victims.

Oct 21, 2013

Obama acknowledges healthcare website glitches

US President Barack Obama on Monday defended his health reform, declaring at a White House event that, despite numerous glitches, the program is already helping many uninsured Americans.

Oct 21, 2013

Female suicide bomber kills six on bus in Russia

A suspected female suicide bomber blew herself up on a bus packed with students in southern Russia on Monday, killing six people and raising security fears less than four months before the Winter Olympic Games.

Oct 21, 2013

Nobel Peace Laureates arrive in Warsaw for summit

Polish revolutionary leader Lech Walesa welcomes Nobel Peace Prize winners to Warsaw for a three-day summit, 30 years after winning the prize himself.

Oct 21, 2013

US seeks to ease concerns over spying claims

The US State Department said on Monday that it does not want reports of widespread NSA surveillance of French citizens' communications to adversely affect relations between the two countries.

Oct 21, 2013

UN envoy: All states with Syria stake must join talks

UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi called for all countries with a stake in war-wracked Syria to participate in planned peace talks in Geneva, during a visit to Iraq on Monday.

Oct 21, 2013

Ivory Coast honours French journalist murdered in 2003

Ten years after the death of French radio journalist Jean Helene who was murdered by a police officer in Abidjan on 21 October 2003, the Ivorian authorities delivered an award in his honour on Monday.

Oct 21, 2013

French industrial hotspot turned into wine-making haven

First grape harvest comes in from a new vineyard built on a slag-heap in France's industrial Pas-de-Calais region, looking to reinvent itself as a wine-making haven.

Oct 21, 2013

Roma couple in Greece charged with child abduction

A Roma couple were charged in Greece with abducting a young girl dubbed the "blond angel", whose discovery has prompted thousands of calls from parents of missing children. Duration: 00:33

Oct 21, 2013

Oil workers, police clash as Brazil auctions oil licenses

Amid clashes between union workers and police, Brazil prepared Monday to auction oil production licenses in its giant Libra offshore field. Duration: 00:46

Oct 21, 2013

France to play Ukraine in World Cup qualification playoffs

Former football champions France were given a favourable pairing in the pick of the World Cup qualifying play-offs in Europe made by football's governing body FIFA on Monday. Duration: 00:56

Oct 21, 2013

Thousands mourn victims of Egypt church wedding attack

Thousands turned out Monday for the funeral of four Copts gunned down outside a church, in the first attack on Christians in Cairo since the ouster of Egypt's Islamist president. Duration: 00:56

Oct 21, 2013