Intense fighting reported in Yemen's Aden
Medical supplies reach southern port city as Saudi-led coalition jets continue to strike suspected Houthi positions.
Saudi-led air strikes against suspected Houthi fighters in Yemen have continued for the 15th day, with intense fighting occurring in the southern city of Aden, where rockets have reportedly landed on houses.
The World Health Organisation says at least 643 people have died and more than 2,200 have been injured in the Yemeni conflict since March 19.
Tens of thousands of families have also been displaced and WHO has warned that the situation in the Arabian Peninsula nation is critical.
The fighting in Aden pits Houthi forces and their allies against local armed groups loyal to President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies accuse Iran of arming the Houthi fighters but Iran denies the allegations.
French TV network TV5Monde hijacked by pro-Isis hackers
Company says it was unable to broadcast any of its channels and lost control of its websites and social media sites, where threats against soldiers were posted
French television network TV5Monde says it was hacked by individuals claiming to belong to Isis, bringing television broadcasts to a halt and taking over its websites and Facebook page.
The Paris-based company was able to partially resume television broadcasts by 1am Thursday (0000 BST) after a three-hour blackout, the network’s director general, Yves Bigot, said, but its systems had been “severely damaged” by an “unprecedented attack”.
The hackers posted documents on TV5Monde’s Facebook page purporting to be the identity cards and CVs of relatives of French soldiers involved in anti-Isis operations, along with threats against the troops.
Yemen crisis: Shortage of water and medical supplies threatens civilians caught up in devastating civil war
Iran calls for end to Saudi air campaign, as US warns Tehran over Yemen
Iran's president has called for an end to Saudi-led airstrikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen. This came after the United States warned Tehran against its alleged involvement in the conflict in Yemen.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani used an address broadcast live on national television on Thursday to call on the coalition led by Saudi Arabia to immediately halt its campaign of air strikes on the Shiite Houthi rebels seeking to overthrow Yemeni President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
Shiite Iran is widely thought to be supporting the rebels, while Sunni Saudi Arabia supports President Hadi, who fled to the Saudi capital, Riyadh over a week ago, as Houthi forces approached his southern Yemen stronghold of Aden.
Earlier, Iran's naval commander announced that two war ships were being deployed to the Gulf of Aden, in a move seen as raising tensions in the region. Habibollah Sajjari, though, said in remarks reported by Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency that the redeployment was meant only to protect commercial shipping lanes from the threat of attack by pirates.
Meanwhile, the United States has warned Tehran against meddling in the conflict in Yemen.
Was France complicit in the Rwandan genocide? (+video)
The question has dogged France since the 1994 mass slaughter. President François Hollande announced Tuesday that the country will declassify official documents that could finally shed light on its role at the time.
France plans to declassify documents related to the 1994 Rwandan genocide in which hundreds of thousands of people died, French President François Hollande announced Tuesday. The move could shed light on unanswered questions over the mass killings in which Rwanda accuses France of being complicit.
The documents from 1990-94 include files from then-President François Mitterand’s advisors as well as notes from ministerial and defense meetings, Reuters reports. The files will be available to researchers and victims’ organizations.
"The Franco-Rwanda political, diplomatic and military relationship during the 1990-1995 period has been a tightly guarded domain," Rwandan Minster of Justice Johnston Busingye told Agence France-Presse Wednesday.State Dept. recommends removing Cuba from terrorism list
Updated 0142 GMT (0842 HKT) April 9, 2015
The State Department has sent a recommendation to the White House that Cuba be removed from the State Sponsors of Terrorism List, paving the way for the White House to announce its intent to de-list Cuba as early as Thursday, two administration officials tell CNN.
In making the recommendation, the State Department has certified Cuba has not provided support to terrorist groups within the last 6 months.
President Barack Obama ordered the review of Cuba's place on the list after announcing a historic diplomatic breakthrough with Havana in December and pledged to act quickly once he received the recommendation from the State Department.
The White House has made clear it wanted to make the announcement before Obama attends the Summit of the Americas later this week with Cuban leader Raul Castro, and ordered the State Department to speed up the process.
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