BBC Rebels in Sudan’s Darfur province claim they have seized 49 African peacekeepers and three suspected Sudanese security agents. Rebels from the Justice and Equality Movement (Jem) accuse the peacekeepers of entering rebel-held territory without permission. Most of those seized are Senegalese troops with the joint UN-African Union peace mission (Unamid), the rebels say. Two [...]

BBC South Korea has held live-fire military drills from islands near disputed sea borders with the North, despite threats of retaliation from Pyongyang. The drills, which North Korea has called “premeditated military provocation”, lasted two hours. There was no reported action from the North, which warned on Sunday that it would retaliate for any attacks. [...]