Syrian refugees in Turkey have begun returning to their homes in Tal Abyad after Kurdish forces seized the border town in a major blow to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Some 200 men, women and children carrying their meagre possessions crossed back into Syria through the Turkish …

French defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Wednesday that talks with India over the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets were progressing well and would be finalised within “two to three months”.

The French President confirmed Monday, in Algiers, that a military operation against a Libyan site where the terrorist Mokhtar Belmokhtar was took place, adding that there is a “great probability” that this terrorist was killed in this operation.