Britain on Friday said it believed terror attacks were in the final stages of planning in Somalia's capital Mogadishu.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) reiterated its warning to all British nationals not to travel to any part of the troubled east African country.

Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday warned that Britain would be left defenseless against the "highly unpredictable and aggressive" North Korean regime if it wound down its Trident nuclear deterrent program.

Writing in the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Cameron said the recent actions of North Korea coupled with concerns over Iran's nuclear program meant it would be "foolish" to scrap the fleet of nuclear missile submarines.

British Foreign Minister William Hague on Saturday expressed concern about the violence in Tripoli and urged all Lebanese parties to work for "a more consensual government," in the wake of the resignation of Prime Minister Najib Miqati.

"It is critical that all parties in Lebanon prioritize national interests and ... reach a broad consensus to enable parliamentary elections to take place within the legal and constitutional framework," he said in a statement.

Argentine President Cristina Kirchner on Monday asked compatriot Pope Francis to mediate in the Falkland Islands' dispute with Britain at the new pontiff's first talks with a head of state, as world leaders flew in for his inauguration mass.

"I asked his intervention to promote dialogue between the two sides," Kirchner told reporters after meeting Latin America's first pope in the Vatican, warning against a growing "militarization" in the South Atlantic.

Britain's Prince Charles met the head of the world's largest Islamic grouping in the Red Sea city of Jeddah on Sunday, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation said in a statement.

OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu briefed Prince Charles "on the various intra-OIC programs and activities in support of agricultural development, food security and drought resilience," it said.

British Prime Minister David Cameron said Friday he "respectfully" disagreed with Argentine-born Pope Francis's assertion that the Falkland Islands belonged to Argentina.

Argentine media have quoted the pope, the former archbishop of Buenos Aires, as telling reporters in 2011 that the Falklands are "ours".

Britain would consider ignoring a European Union arms ban and supplying weapons to Syrian rebels if it would help topple President Bashar Assad, Prime Minister David Cameron said Tuesday.

The EU last month amended its embargo to allow member nations to supply "non-lethal" equipment and training to the opposition but stopped short of lifting the embargo entirely.

The United States on Tuesday said it took "note" of an overwhelming vote by Falkland Islanders to remain a British territory, but refused once again to take sides in the dispute with Argentina.

"The residents have clearly expressed their preference for a continued relationship with the United Kingdom," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said.

British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday urged Argentina to respect the wishes of the Falkland Islanders after they voted overwhelmingly in a referendum to remain a British territory.

Before the result, Buenos Aires had dismissed the vote as meaningless in international law, saying it would not affect its claims on the South Atlantic archipelago.

Britain, Italy and Greece on Sunday said that a claim by a Nigerian Islamist group that it had killed seven foreign hostages appeared to be true, while London denied it had sought to stage a rescue.

Restive northern Nigeria has seen scores of people killed from Islamist-linked violence, but the hostage executions marked the deadliest kidnapping targeting foreigners in the region in recent memory.