Syrian state media and an activist group say pro-government forces have advanced toward al-Bab, completing the encirclement of the Islamic State-held town, which had been partially besieged by Turkey-backed opposition forces.
A group of United Nations human rights experts says there's growing repression of civic groups and rights activists in Burundi amid sporadic violence stemming from the president's disputed third term.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is warning Portugal that its fragile banks and high national debt make it especially vulnerable to international events, such as a slump in world trade or financial difficulties in other eurozone countries.
The Swiss federal prosecutor is investigating possible crimes against humanity involving a former interior minister from Gambia who applied for asylum in Switzerland.
A teenager has admitted killing a retired Florida teacher and injuring five other people in a stabbing rampage near the British Museum in London Somali-Norwegian Zakaria Bulhan, 19, pleaded guilty to manslaughter by diminished responsibility in the Aug. 3 slaying of 64-year-old Darlene Horton.
The leader of Romania's ruling center-left coalition says the government won't resign following the biggest demonstrations since the end of communism against a measure that would ease up on corruption.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is meeting Prime Minister Theresa May in London for talks he hopes will focus on Iranian weapons, and not Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
A fish wholesaler has become the first major Volkswagen customer in Germany to sue the automaker for selling diesel vehicles rigged to cheat on emissions tests.
Israel says it's started demolishing buildings at a West Bank settlement outpost evacuated last week amid clashed between settlers and security forces.
European Union diplomats say sanctions against Russia must remain in force until it helps end fighting in eastern Ukraine, despite President Donald Trump's overtures to Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
Only one high school student out of 4,000 showed up on the first day of Cameroon's new term in Bamenda, the English-speaking city at the heart of a deadly conflict over language in this bilingual West African country.
Greek and refugee protesters have confronted the country's migration minister at the entrance of a sprawling migrant camp in the south of Athens, trying to stop him from entering the site.
French journalists are teaming up with American internet giants Google and Facebook to fight propaganda and misinformation online, mirroring similar efforts already underway in the United States and Germany.