A French centenarian on Friday set a record for the fastest 100-year-old to cycle 100 kilometres (62 miles) and said he had outdone himself.

Robert Marchand, an amateur cyclist who claims to have clo

At least six people were killed and eight injured Thursday in an avalanche in the French Alps, mountain police said, with emergency services dispatched to the scene.

Local authorities said the avalan

Interpol said on Tuesday it had issued an international Red Notice for the arrest of Iraq's fugitive Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi "on suspicion of guiding and financing terrorist attacks".

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A French journalist reported missing in Colombia after a gun battle between government forces and leftist rebels has apparently been kidnapped, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on Sunday.

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World police body Interpol issued an arrest notice on Thursday for fallen Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's playboy son Saadi for alleged crimes while head of the country's football federation.

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