At least 23 people, including several local leaders of India's governing Congress party, have been killed in an attack on their convoy by suspected Maoist rebels.

In a televised address, Hassan Nasrallah acknowledged for the first time that Hizballah fighters were waging combat in Syria.

The French soldier was stabbed in the throat May 25 as he carried out an antiterrorist patrol in the La Defense business district outside Paris.

Reports say fighting in the strategic Syrian town of Qusair has intensified.State media reported on May 25 that troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad had launched a three-pronged attack on the rebel-held town and were making big advances.

Police in Britain have arrested a man under antiterrorism laws at BBC headquarters.