A suspected Islamist radical who once served as Osama bin Laden's bodyguard, was detained in Germany on Monday, police said.

The trial for two men accused of planning a terrorist attack on a passenger train travelling between Canada and the U.S. has begun with the Crown prosecutor outlining months of plotting allegedly carried out by the pair.

Tunisians have marked the third anniversary of the overthrow of their dictator in 2011, which kicked off pro-democracy demonstrations around the region