In an update to her weekly column, Victoria White, argues that we can never come to the beginning of the end of atrocities such as Nice if we don't understand that Bastille Day doesn't mean the same thing to many Arabs as it does to the French.

When the fates aligned all those years ago, it was engine trouble that brought Frenchman Youen Jacob to Baltimore.

Cologne’s police chief has been removed amid criticism of his force’s handling of a string of New Year’s Eve assaults and robberies.

Six months after the attacks, Tunisia is trying to rebuild its broken tourist industry, says Eoghan Corry.

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Hundreds of Moroccans, Algerians, and Pakistanis tried to storm the border between Greece and Macedonia, tearing down part of the barbed wire fence at the crossing and demanding to be allowed to carry on into northern Europe.

Five North African men have been arrested on suspicion of multiple homicide and human trafficking following the catastrophic loss of more than 200 migrant lives, including children, off the coast of Libya on Wednesday.

Hundreds of desperate refugees were charged between $1,200 and $1,800 (€1,100-€1,650) for a place on board the boat which capsized in the Mediterranean.

ITALIAN police yesterday arrested three Libyans and two Algerians accused of human trafficking and multiple homicide in connection with the presumed death by drowning of more than 200 migrants after a ship capsized in the Mediterranean on Wednesday. 

Good evening. Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on IrishExaminer.com today.

French officials have dispatched a military unit to secure the site in restive northern Mali where an Air Algerie plane crashed with the loss of 116 people.

The Air Algerie flight that went missing over Mali has “probably crashed”, France’s foreign minister said.

An Algerian aviation official says the passenger plane missing over Northern Mali has crashed.

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Germany 2 Algeria 1 (AET) (Score 0-0 after 90 minutes)

The Algeria World Cup squad have been granted special permission to eat and drink in daylight hours during Ramadan by the Algerian Ministry of Religious Affairs.

South Korea 2 Algeria 4

South Korea 2 Algeria 4

Patrick Altes was aged just four when he arrived in Paris with his family. They had been displaced from their home as the 1962 Algerian War of Independence expelled its population of European colonists.

Jack Yeats’ pen and ink drawing The Sack of Baltimore dating from 1890/91 at Whyte’s Irish art sale at the RDS next Monday (May 27).

France has claimed that al-Qaida-linked extremists have been defeated in the key city of Gao in north-eastern Mali.

The gas plant at Amenas is giving up its secrets as Algerian special forces picking their way through the vast complex find dozens of bodies, some charred beyond recognition in the bloody end-game to one of the worst hostage crises in years.

The Islamic militants in the Algerian gas plant massacre had inside help for what was an organised, carefully planned attack, it was confirmed today.

The group claiming to have masterminded the storming of the Algerian gas plant warned of more attacks against any country backing France’s military intervention in neighbouring Mali.

Algeria’s state news service has said de-mining teams are going through the gas refinery that was the scene of a four-day hostage stand-off, searching for explosives left by the Islamic militants who seized dozens of foreigners.

Three British nationals have died and three more are feared dead following the Algerian hostage crisis, UK Prime Minister David Cameron said today.

The Algerian government says 32 militants and 23 captives were killed during the three-day military operation to end the hostage crisis at a natural gas plant in the Sahara.

Algerian security forces are trying to bring to an end a four-day stand-off with Islamist extremists holding foreign hostages at a remote gas plant, a drama that has left at least 12 dead and horrified governments around the world.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has decided to cut short his first foreign visit since taking office to focus on the Algerian hostage crisis.

The Department of Foreign Affairs has said the Irish man held captive in Algeria has contacted his family to tell them he is “safe and well” and is no longer a hostage.

Fears are growing today for the safety of western hostages seized by Islamic militants in Algeria amid reports that as many as 35 have been killed during an Algerian helicopter attack.

AL-QAIDA’S new leader called on Libyan fighters who overthrew Muammar Gaddafi to set up an Islamic state and urged Algerians to revolt against their longtime president in an internet video posted yesterday.

Police in Spain have arrested five Algerians suspected of helping to finance an al Qaida-linked terror group in North Africa, the Interior Ministry said today.

DAIRY farmers will keep an eye on short-term milk price caution expressed by giant Dutch co-op FrieslandCampina, but they will not be unduly worried by it, according to IFA dairy chairman Kevin Kiersey.

THE home fans came along to see Wimbledon hero Conor Niland in Davis Cup action and weren’t disappointed.

Fabio Capello has confirmed England midfielder Gareth Barry will start Friday’s World Cup match against Algeria in Cape Town.

THERE is mounting evidence that this World Cup will be the most enjoyable ever for pathetic sporting bigots like me.

Republic of Ireland skipper Robbie Keane was in no mood to give out any World Cup pointers after his goals sunk Algeria.

Republic of Ireland 3 Algeria 0

Republic of Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni was in bullish mood after seeing his side dispose of World Cup finalists Algeria with the minimum of fuss.

ALGERIA will be forced to field a depleted side against Republic of Ireland in tonight’s friendly in Dublin after striker Karim Matmour joined Madjid Bougherra and Hassan Yebda on the injured list this week.

DAMIEN DUFF is challenging his team-mates to carry their World Cup form into the fight for Euro 2012 qualification.

THE lack of match-practice on clay took a costly toll on the Ireland Fed Cup team yesterday in the sweltering heat and high humidity in Cairo.

SOME of the seven Muslims arrested as part of an international probe into an alleged plot to murder Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks had planned to set up an extremist prayer group in Waterford to radicalise other Muslims, gardaí believe.