Reports 'Uncatchable' Jihadi Killed In Airstrike

Libya says Mokhtar Belmokhtar, blamed for masterminding an Algerian gas field attack and running smuggling routes across North Africa, has been killed in a US airstrike. Nicknamed 'uncatchable' by the French military, Belmokhtar has been reported killed several times in the past, only for reports to turn out inaccurate.

The first substantive talks to bring an end to the conflict in Yemen are due to start in Geneva. All parties involved are expected to attend. The International Organisation for Migration says the bodies of 18 west African migrants hoping to reach Europe have been found in the Sahara desert near Arlit in Niger.

(Picture: Notorious Algerian jihadist Mokhtar Belmokhtar photographed back in 2013. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)