Iraqi Kurdish fighters exchanged heavy fire with militants early on Monday as they advanced from two directions into a town held by the Islamic State group east of the city of Mosul.
An official in Malia says that Islamic extremists attacked a town about 150 kilometers (93 miles) north of Bamako, the closest attack to the capital since March.
A top European Union official says refugees cannot pick and choose where to be lodged in Europe and that they have a responsibility to go where space is available.
An American citizen detained by Shiite Houthi rebels in Yemen for more than a year and a half has been released, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday.
Switzerland's federal tax administration says it won't contest a court ruling that allows UBS bank to be kept up to date about information handed to investigators in France, and possibly challenge any final rulings in the case.
Pakistani officials say Indian troops have opened fire across the Line of Control in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, killing three civilians and wounding six others as Indian and Pakistani troops continue to trade heavy fire.
A German kidnapped by Somali pirates eight years ago may now be held captive by Islamic militants in the southern Philippines, the country's military said Monday after finding the man's yacht and a woman's body inside.
A German court has sentenced a far-right politician to eight months in prison for displaying a Nazi-style tattoo, stiffening the suspended term he originally received after prosecutors appealed.
Zahida Fathi sat on a military-issued cot, rocking back and forth and repeating the names of the dead — her husband and six of her children, killed when a car bomb exploded near their home as they were trying to flee clashes between Iraqi forces and Islamic State fighters in the city of Mosul.
The Philippine coast guard says it has resumed patrols at a shoal at the center of a territorial dispute with China using two vessels, including one supplied by Japan.
The U.N.'s health agency says that half of Yemen's medical facilities have either been shut down or are partially functioning because of the war and that nearly half of the country suffers from severe shortage of doctors.
Montenegrin lawmakers have convened for the first time since last month's election with opposition parties boycotting the inaugural session amid tensions over alleged foiled coup attempt orchestrated by Russian nationalists.
Indonesian police say large waves hit a glass-bottomed boat off the resort island of Bali, causing it to capsize and killing three people including a Japanese tourist.
Climate negotiators have started work on implementing the Paris pact on global warming amid uncertainty over how the U.S. election will impact the landmark deal as temperatures and greenhouse gases soar to new heights.