Air strike kills top commander of former Nusra group in Syria

Syrian army and allies regain southern Aleppo district: monitor


BEIRUT Syria's army and its allies have regained an important Aleppo district lost to rebels last month, state media and a war monitor said on Thursday, and were pressing an offensive south of the city to further squeeze the insurgents.




Three suspected female militants seized in France, policeman stabbed


PARIS Three women arrested on Thursday in connection with a car laden with gas cylinders found abandoned near Paris's Notre Dame cathedral were likely planning an imminent attack, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said.




Gabon opposition leader challenges vote as mediation mission postponed


LIBREVILLE Gabon's opposition leader lodged a constitutional court challenge on Thursday against a presidential election he narrowly lost, hoping to overturn a result whose validity has been questioned at home and abroad.