The new chief of the International Monetary Fund has won a legal reprieve when a French court delayed a decision on investigating her involvement in a €285m arbitration deal.

A massive blast which killed 14 people in a popular tourist cafe in the Moroccan city of Marrakech was caused by terrorists, officials say.

Heavy arms fire rang out today near Ivory Coast’s presidential residence as the country’s embattled leader remained holed up in a bunker there despite mediation efforts to force his surrender.

A FRENCH pop singer yesterday won €3,000 damages from a TV news station that alleged a liaison between him and France’s first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.