Mali has called on France to keep its "colonial reflexes" to itself and not interfere in its internal affairs.

France and 14 other countries have called on Mali to allow Danish special forces to remain in the African country, whose transitional government insists that they have entered Mali without formal invitation and must immediately withdraw.

Saudi warplanes have a fresh round of aerial attacks against the Yemeni capital city of Sana’a, targeting several residential neighborhoods.