The International Criminal Court's prosecutor says it is a "regression" for African nations — including her own country of Gambia — to quit the court and says the continent should work with her office to end impunity for atrocities.
Syria's military has announced it is forming a new commando force, calling on volunteers interested in "achieving the final victory against terrorism" to apply.
Government statisticians say Ireland's unemployment rate has fallen to an eight-year low of 7.5 percent, a level last seen before a banking crisis wrecked the property-driven Celtic Tiger economy.
Paris police say two masked thieves stopped a car carrying two Qatari tourists, sprayed them with tear gas and stole belongings worth as much as 5 million euros ($5.3 million).
NATO is criticizing Russia's deployment of anti-ship missiles in its westernmost Baltic region as "aggressive military posturing," and is urging dialogue to cool escalating tensions.
Heavy rains and strong winds have destroyed homes and left at least three people dead — including two children — in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia.
The Indian army says three of its soldiers have been killed along the highly militarized de facto border that divides the disputed region of Kashmir between India and Pakistan.
Britain's High Court will begin hearing lawsuits filed by a group of Nigerian farmers and fisherman alleging that decades of oil spills have fouled the water of the Niger River Delta, where a Shell subsidiary has operated since the 1950s.
