The two suspect brothers take a hostage at a sign printing company, Création Tendance Découverte, in the French town of Dammartin-en-Goële. (AAP via SBS)
The standoff ends with the two brothers dead and the hostage released. (CNBC)(BBC)(CNN)
A second hostage situation of unclear connection occurs at a Jewish market, Hyper Cacher, in the eastern Paris suburb of Vincennes. There are two suspected hostage takers, Hayat Boumeddiene, 26, and Amedy Coulibaly, 32, who were previously suspected of shooting a policewoman dead earlier in the week. There are at least sixteen hostages. (Herald-Sun)
The concurrent standoff ends with Coulibaly dead as well as four hostages and four additional hostages and two police officers hospitalised. Boumeddiene remains at large. (MSNBC)
Refugees flee Nigeria's Borno State following the Boko Haram massacre in the town of Baga. 7,300 flee to neighbouring Chad while over 1,000 are trapped on the island of Kangala in Lake Chad. Nigeria's army vows to recapture the town, while Niger and Chad withdraw their forces from a transnational force tasked with combating militants. (UNHCR)(NPR via BBC)
A human rights blogger in Saudi Arabia is sentenced to ten years imprisonment and 1,000 lashes after being found guilty of insulting Islam. (Pulse Nigeria)
38 opposition activists are released in Cuba. (Reuters)
