Iraq has faced extensive looting of its antiquities in recent decades. Photo: ReutersThe United States will return to Iraq some 17,000 archaeological treasures dating back 4,000 years and looted in recent decades in “unprecedented” restitution, the culture minister in Baghdad has said.

The French government has condemned the Molotov cocktail attack against the Cuban embassy in Paris The French government has condemned the Molotov cocktail attack against the Cuban embassy in Paris and opened an investigation into the attack, the French Foreign Ministry reported on its official website.