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Doctors in France unexpectedly decide to keep a paralysed patient on life support after reportedly hearing of a plan to kidnap him.

Croatia are deducted a point from their Euro 2016 qualifying group as punishment for a swastika painted on the pitch.

A Turkish soldier has been killed in an exchange of fire over the Syrian-Turkish border with Islamic State fighters, the state news agency says.

Kenya's interior minister calls on US news channel CNN to apologise for calling the region a "hotbed of terror" ahead of President Barack Obama's visit.

A South African parliamentary committee says it has evidence of poor workmanship on controversial renovations at the president's private home.

The European Commission has accused Britain's Sky TV and six major Hollywood studios of breaking EU competition rules by blocking access to movie content in other EU countries.

Barack Obama may not get quite the rapturous welcome he did when he visited Kenya as a senator back in 2006, but his presence in his ancestral home is expected to be warmly received.

US Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to face tough questioning by Senate committee members as he sets out the nuclear deal agreed with Iran.

A high-speed anonymous way to browse the web is developed by security researchers.

A leading rights group calls for the release of at least 13 people, including a rapper, held in Angola for allegedly plotting to oust the president.