A group of investors is trying to sue Facebook after its share price dropped sharply this week. Could the tide be turning for Mark Zuckerberg and the world's biggest social network? And the camera never lies: a Romanian journalist tries to fake a sandstorm for his weather broadcast... with entertaining results.
Journalism students in Lille launch an application that checks up on François Hollande's campaign promises, ticking or crossing them off as he gets down to work. With parliamentary elections looming we also take a look at some of the smaller candidates. Finally, the North African media is buzzing with the suggestion that Nicolas Sarkozy is holidaying courtesy of the Moroccan king.
Former News International chief executive and editor of the now-defunct "News of the World" tabloid Rebekah Brooks, her husband and four others have been charged with perverting the course of justice over a phone-hacking scandal.
Colombian FARC guerillas plan to release French journalist Romeo Langlois, according to a statement received by the International Committee of the Red Cross Sunday. The ICRC said it was ready to help organise the release "as soon as possible".
A self-described member of the "15th front" FARC brigade said Sunday that the rebels are holding FRANCE 24 journalist Romeo Langlois, who has been missing since an April 28 rebel attack on the Colombian military convoy with which he was embedded.
In a message broadcast over a local Colombian radio station, FARC rebels said they are holding FRANCE 24 journalist Romeo Langlois, who has been missing since Saturday. Colombian authorities are calling the claim "credible".
UN chief Ban Ki-moon expressed anger over a rise in the number of journalists killed in the line of duty at a World Press Freedom Day event on Thursday. The UN estimates that more than 60 journalists were killed in 2011.
The Palestinian Authority appears to be clamping down on dissent in the West Bank, blocking access to internet news sites and arresting journalists who are suspected of libel against leading Palestinian politicians. The growing censorship has surprised outside observers, many of whom considered Palestinian internet use relatively free compared with neighbouring countries.
FRANCE 24 journalist Roméo Langlois, who went missing Saturday during a military operation against FARC rebels, is being held by the guerrillas, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos confirmed on Tuesday.
FRANCE 24 journalist Roméo Langlois is being held prisoner in Colombia, the French foreign minister announced Sunday. The Colombian defence minister added that Langlois was shot in the arm during a gun battle on Saturday before disappearing.
