War in Middle East Live: Israeli military continues strikes in southern Lebanon despite ceasefire

Satrapi's autobiographical novel was born from her experiences of Iran's Islamic revolution and war with Iraq.

The haul of live insects included dubia cockroaches and Madagascar hissing cockroaches. Authorities said it was the country's biggest-ever seizure of illegal exotic invertebrates.

Fireball seen after explosion at Mexico gas facility

Forty-nine people died of thirst in Niger when a truck broke down in a remote part of the Sahara desert, leaving its passengers stranded without water. Two survivors managed to walk 50 kilometres through the desert to a water source and then to the town of Assamaka, where they alerted authorities.