Somalia's electoral commission says the presidential election will be Feb. 8, after four delays and amid allegations of bribery, fraud and voter intimidation.
Twenty-two humanitarian and development groups have called on Myanmar's government to cease its armed conflict with ethnic rebels in the country's north and attend to the urgent needs of the many people displaced by the fighting.
A Brazilian businessman famous for amassing and then losing a multi-billion-dollar fortune is the latest person to get caught up in a wide-ranging corruption probe roiling Latin America's largest nation.
The director of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg has urged the head of the Russian Orthodox Church to recall its bid for the city's landmark cathedral.
A Saudi court has dropped its case against 13 defendants who had been on trial over a crane collapse in Mecca in September 2015 that killed 111 pilgrims.
The head of Italy's anti-establishment 5-Star Movement has offered public support for Rome's mayor after she was placed under investigation by prosecutors for a problematic city hall appointment.
Turkey has criticized Germany after its Justice Ministry invited a prominent journalist who is accused of espionage in Turkey as a guest of honor to an event.
Austria's chancellor is reminding citizens of their country's role in the Holocaust and urging them to ensure its horrors are never repeated, ahead of an international day of observance for Jewish and other Nazi victims.
Pakistan has banned a TV host over incitement after he called for five missing human rights activists and other liberal Pakistanis to be killed for blasphemy and sedition.
At the "Friz-Lys" styling salon, Jocelyne Gisquet is luxuriating in the freedom of answering emails with a laptop balanced on her knees while having her hair curled.
Gambia's President Adama Barrow was finally returning home Thursday, solidifying his position as the country's new commander-in-chief after a political crisis that sent the previous ruler into exile.
Alexander Van der Bellen has been sworn in as Austria's president, the last act of a dramatic race for the position won by the left-leaning economics professor after a repeat vote.
The European Union's top migration official is urging EU countries to agree on a way to fairly distribute the load of migrant arrivals, as the bloc's plan to share refugees languishes.