Almost 500 migrants forced their way into Spanish territory in North Africa early Friday by breaking through gates in the 20-foot (6-meter) high fence that separates Morocco from Spain's Ceuta enclave.
Days after his apparent assassination, Kim Jong Nam's body remained under guard in a Malaysian morgue Friday, with no one in his immediate family stepping forward on behalf of a man who lived in fear of his half brother, the powerful and mercurial ruler of North Korea.
Pope Francis, who was reunited Friday with one of the Syrian refugees he brought home with him from Lesbos, Greece, said migrants don't pose a danger to Europe's culture but rather a challenge for societies to grow.
Thai police who unsuccessfully searched a vast Buddhist temple for a prominent monk accused of financial wrongdoing say they will arrest him whenever and wherever they can.
Bosnia's prosecution office says it has brought charges against a former head of the country's tax authority over accepting close to 1 million euros ($1.1 million) in bribes to defraud the state of customs revenue.
The Syrian government and an opposition monitoring group have condemned what they call Turkey's "crimes" against the Syrian people in the northern town of al-Bab that is controlled by the Islamic State group.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says her country will stick to its long-term commitment to raise defense spending to levels agreed with NATO partners — but no hurry about it.
Two prominent opposition leaders in Montenegro say they will be questioned next week over their involvement in an alleged pro-Russian coup plot to overthrow the pro-NATO government.
A senior U.S. military official says airstrikes that killed about 80 Islamic State militants in southern Libya last month generated critical computer data, documents and information from prisoner interrogations that the U.S. can use to target more fighters.
Protesters angry at political corruption have greeted French conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon by banging on pots on a campaign stop in northern France.
A desolate but lovely volcano on the North Korea-China border could be the key to unraveling the sudden, mysterious death of an exiled scion of North Korean royalty.
French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen is facing new troubles, with an investigation into her European Parliament assistants and scathing new criticism from the U.N.
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has met with his Chinese counterpart for the first time since becoming America's top diplomat and urged China to do more to rein in North Korea's provocative actions.