German attendance at a camp in St. Petersburg highlights the growing cooperation between white supremacist groups internationally.

Abdelmalek Droukdel was killed by French troops on Thursday in northern Mali near the Algerian border, where the group has bases it uses to carry out bombings and abductions of Westerners, Defence Minister Florence Parly said.

Russian troops in Syria are looking to expand their military presence in the northeastern part of the war-ravaged country, local sources said.