Sweden has criticized climate skeptics — in particular the new U.S. government — as the Scandinavian country unveiled its first climate law promising zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045 and a 70 percent cut to emissions in the transport sector.
Luxury Italian sports carmaker Ferrari says profits last year soared by 38 percent on higher volumes of the 488 mid-engine family, which is key to the company's growth plans.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says the alliance is closely following reports about growing Russian influence in the Balkans and is cooperating with regional allies to strengthen their ability to resist outside interference.
The British government is trying to ease some of the uncertainty around the U.K.'s exit from the European Union, saying it seeks an outcome of "mutual benefit" to both sides.
Thailand's military government says it made progress in fighting human trafficking in 2016, aiming for a favorable review from the U.S. State Department.
Italian police have arrested two daughters and a daughter-in-law of jailed Camorra boss Francesco Bidognetti, accused of carrying on the family organized crime business.
The deaths of nearly 100 psychiatric patients last year in South Africa's most developed province have prompted anger at government officials who transferred the patients to non-governmental groups allegedly operating with invalid licenses.
The Philippine president has prohibited another key law enforcement agency from carrying out his deadly anti-drug crackdown after banning the national police from the campaign because of corruption.
The last-minute cancellation of a well-known music festival in Timbuktu that had drawn thousands of foreigners to the remote Mali city marks a missed opportunity to bring hope to a former tourist hub struggling to recover after years of extremist threats, organizers said.
The Bank of England has decided to keep its main interest rate at a record low of 0.25 percent as the resilience of the country's economy continues to grow strongly despite last year's vote to leave the European Union.
The European Union chief says that Friday's summit on migration is poised to take a big step in closing off the illegal migration route through the central Mediterranean where thousands have died over the past several years trying to reach the EU from Libya.
The Zimbabwe pastor who fled to the United States after launching the popular #ThisFlag protest movement faces up to 20 years in prison for organizing protests against President Robert Mugabe in New York.
Syria's military command says it is expanding operations against Islamic State militants in Aleppo province and has captured 250 square kilometers (100 square miles) from the extremist group.
Warnings of possible genocide hang over the world's youngest nation, but here on a basketball court under a fierce morning sun, South Sudan's civil war seems like another country.
Romania's president will ask the Constitutional Court to declare unconstitutional a government decree that dilutes what qualifies as corruption amid major protests against the measure.
The Swiss financial markets regulator is sanctioning a private bank linked to Royal Bank of Scotland for having "seriously breached" money laundering rules by failing to fully monitor its business with indebted Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB.
