AFP via Getty Images France has urged its citizens to leave Mali "as soon as possible", after a weekend of co-ordinated attacks by separatist fighters and Islamist militants.
In an update on Wednesday, the advice also warned French citizens not to travel to the West African nation, describing the situation as "extremely volatile".
Mali's military leader Gen Assimi Goïta said the security situation in the country
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A man in eastern India has said he was forced to carry his sister's skeletal remains to a bank to prove her death after failing to withdraw her savings.
A video from Odisha state of Jitu Munda, 52, taking the remains to the bank went viral this week, sparking outrage. He said he acted in frustration
Facebook/Parafield Airport Two people have died after a small plane crashed into a hangar at an airport in South Australia, authorities say.
The aircraft burst into flames at Parafield Airport in Adelaide after it crashed on Wednesday afternoon local time.
South Australian premier Peter Malinauskas wrote on social media that a "number of others" have been injured.
The plane involved was a twin-engine Diamond DA42, according to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB)
KWS/X Four mountain bongos, a rare type of antelope native to Kenya's highland forests, have arrived in Kenya after being sent from a zoo in the Czech Republic.
The male antelopes arrived in the country on Tuesday night and were welcomed at Nairobi's main airport by Kenya's foreign and tourism ministers, along with other officials. They have since been moved to
It means Afghan players will be able to represent their country in official matches with full recognition.
"Our team has always been known as an activist team," Popal told Reuters.
"But this opportunity, with the right support from Fifa, will be the time for us to also show some skills and develop the youth talent in the diaspora.
"I know it's going to be tough because Afghan women inside Afghanistan will struggle to be part of that.
"But if we can still be the voice for
AFP via Getty Images A popular Japanese zoo has delayed its opening for the summer season after an employee told police he had disposed of his wife's body in the zoo's incinerator, local media reported.
Asahiyama Zoo in the northern city of Asahikawa was supposed to welcome visitors on Wednesday in time for Japan's Golden Week holiday period, after completing a three-week maintenance break.
But the city government says the zoo will now
Shades of pink set the tone for the evening as US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump welcomed King Charles and Queen Camilla to the White House, with a foyer draped in cherry blossoms creating the ceremonial backdrop.
Champagne flutes clinked as the president and the King raised toasts to one another, celebrating the deep-rooted ties and shared history between the countries.
The state dinner honoured the enduring relationship between the US and the UK,
Five former US officials, including a former top military lawyer, have criticised the Pentagon for not acknowledging potential American involvement in a deadly strike on an Iranian school earlier this year.
Some of those officials said it was highly unusual not to release even basic details of the strike after such a length of time.
In the two months since then the Pentagon has said only that the incident is under investigation.
US media reported in early March that US military investigators believed American
