The militant group Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has issued new threats to France promising "the worst and more" as 10,000 French troops are deployed to protect targets. A federal judge has struck down South Dakota's state ban on same-sex marriages on Constitutional grounds, finding a "fundamental right to marry." An attack on a military base in Cameroon by Boko Haram militants was repulsed and 143 militants were killed according to Cameroonian officials. California Attorney General Kamala Harris is expected to announce that she will pursue the US Senate seat left by retiring Democrat Barbara Boxer in 2016. UK Prime Minister David Cameron wants full government access to encrypted messaging apps or he will move to ban them if re-elected in May.