Hundreds of German police officers searched about 190 offices, mosques and apartments of members and supporters of the Islamic group "The true religion" as the government announced a ban of the organization Tuesday.
German federal prosecutors say they've filed charges against eight Germans on accusations they formed a far-right terrorist organization and carried out bombing attacks on asylum-seeker facilities and left-wing political targets.
A spokeswoman for Poland's top prosecutors says that autopsies have begun on the bodies of Lech Kaczynski and his wife as part of a new probe into the 2010 plane crash that killed the Polish president, his wife and 94 other people.
Kenya's deputy president attended the burning of more than 5,250 firearms seized by authorities to discourage circulation of illegal weapons in a country battling extremist violence.
A Beijing trade official says Chinese companies have "very big" enthusiasm about investing in railways and airports and other major infrastructure projects in the Philippines, and his government will encourage them to build an industrial park.
Days before a crucial French presidential primary, Nicolas Sarkozy is facing new allegations that he received millions of euros in illegal financing from late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi's regime.
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has announced that she will make a decision imminently on whether to seek authorization from judges to open a formal investigation into crimes allegedly committed in Afghanistan by United States forces and the CIA, Afghan government forces and the Taliban.
A marine conservation group says fish catches in overfished European waters — stretching from the Arctic to the Black Sea — could increase by 57 percent if stocks were managed sustainably.
A global human rights umbrella organization is urging Africa, Europe and the United Nations to send a civilian protection force to Burundi to prevent a possible civil war and genocide.
Hundreds of Iraqi civilians lined up on Tuesday for food in eastern neighborhoods of Mosul recently retaken from the Islamic State group, as rations ran low, an Iraqi officer said.
Official figures have confirmed that the eurozone economy, which is made up of the 19 countries that use the euro, expanded by a quarterly rate of 0.3 percent in the third quarter of the year.
Britain's annual inflation rate fell to 0.9 percent in October from 1 percent in September as the weakness of the pound failed to translate into higher prices at the shops.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he hopes Donald Trump will shift course on global warming and "understand the seriousness and urgency" of addressing the problem.
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker says he's worried about U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's stance on trans-Atlantic ties, especially given what Juncker called Trump's "disgusting" campaign remarks.
An Egyptian court has struck down a death sentence passed by a lower tribunal against an ousted Islamist president for his part in a mass prison break during the 2011 uprising.
