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Police in Thailand say a local politician in the country's deep south has been fatally shot by a group of heavily armed men clad in black.

A Serbian court has rejected an extradition request by Montenegro for a suspect in an alleged pro-Russian plot to overthrow the small Balkan country's government.

Britain's defense secretary says the U.K.'s two military bases on Cyprus are "more important than ever" because of the rise of extremist terror and mass migration flows coming from the region.

French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has vowed to request all people with dual citizenship in France and other countries to choose only one nationality, except for Europeans and Russians.

France's top constitutional court has struck down a contentious law that handed down jail time for consulting "terrorist websites," saying it infringed on the ability of people to communicate freely.

German prosecutors say they have charged a 28-year-old Turkish man with membership in a terrorist organization on allegations he joined the Islamic State and another extremist organization in Syria.

The eurozone's top official is travelling to Brussels to make progress in talks on Greece's bailout program, amid renewed unrest about the pace of reform in the debt-laden nation.

The Paris prosecutor's office says French anti-terrorism forces have arrested four people, including a 16-year-old girl, and uncovered a makeshift laboratory with the explosive TATP.

China's stock regulator says in comments reported by multiple news outlets that Beijing plans to have people abroad who are accused of financial market misconduct "captured and returned." The reports Friday follow the disappearance of a Chinese-born Canadian businessman from Hong Kong and the detention of a series of leading securities industry figures on the mainland.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has approved holding a national referendum on constitutional reforms that would usher in a powerful presidency.

British household products company Reckitt Benckiser is acquiring U.S. baby formula maker Mead Johnson for $16.6 billion in a move that will help the company grow in China.

France's top constitutional court has struck down a contentious law that that handed down jail time for consulting "terrorist websites," saying it infringed on the ability of people to communicate freely.

China's ambassador says three out of 40 infrastructure projects that the Philippines has proposed for Chinese financing are expected to break ground this year, and there will be more investments in the coming years following a recent improvement in the two countries' ties.

Syria's President Bashar Assad says in an interview that there are "definitely" terrorists among the millions of Syrians seeking refuge in the West.

Officials say Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has met CIA chief Mike Pompeo and they agreed on closer cooperation against terrorism and organized crime.

Wildlife activists say human encroachment in the forests of northeast India have forced elephants out of their natural habitats, triggering conflicts with locals.

A French activist farmer has been convicted of helping migrants enter, travel and stay in France and given a suspended, 3,000-euro fine.

At 1.3 billion people, India is the world's largest and arguably the most chaotic democracy.

Prosecutors say they will file a suit to try to force aides to impeached President Park Geun-hye to stop blocking searches of Park's official compound.

Takata Corp., the Japanese manufacturer at the center of massive air bag recalls, says fines in the U.S. will push it into the red for the fiscal year through March.