Somali pirates have threatened to kill three captive crew members from a Spanish fishing vessel if two suspected pirates being held in Spain are not freed.
'Goralenvolk, the History of Betrayal' is a new book about Poland's Gorale highlanders and has broken a taboo by telling the story of their collaboration with the Nazis.
An Israeli newspaper says Germany is reconsidering its sale of a sixth submarine to Israel in the wake of German anger over Jewish settlement construction.
Tunisians may be divided over what future course the Islamist Ennahda party will steer but they are united in claiming that their first free elections to a constituent assembly were a resounding success.