Two senior Taliban figures say that Pakistan has issued a stark warning to the militant group, apparently surprised over being excluded from the insurgents' secret talks with the Afghan government.
Germany's representative on the European Union's executive is facing criticism for appearing to make a derogatory reference to Chinese people and mock gay marriage.
Conservationists in Zimbabwe are reporting the death of an old lion who was a companion of Cecil, the lion whose illegal killing by an American hunter last year prompted an international outcry.
Singapore has begun the trial of a former private banker charged with money laundering and other offenses in connection with the indebted Malaysian state fund 1MDB.
Afghan police say that a suicide attack targeting a meeting of local tribal elders has killed four civilians and wounded six in eastern Nangarhar province.
Danish police say the remains of a 27-year-old Syrian woman and her two daughters, aged 7 and 9, were found in a freezer inside their apartment in southern Denmark.
Official figures from the European Union show that consumer price inflation across the 19-country eurozone edged up in October to its highest level for more than two years as the impact of lower oil prices waned.
The Latest on developments in Iraq where the offensive to take the city of Mosul from the Islamic State group is now in its third week (all times local): 1 p.m.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson are hosting a meeting in London designed to break Libya's political stalemate.
South African prosecutors have dropped fraud charges against the finance minister and two former tax officials, reversing a decision that was criticized by many South Africans and deepened concern about the country's economy and political leadership.
Italian authorities say that more than 15,000 people have sought assistance from Italy's Civil Protection agency and are being housed in hotels and shelters following Sunday's quake and the one last week.
A police operation is underway in a Paris migrant camp that has resurged in recent weeks in a new challenge to French government efforts to tackle the migrant crisis.
Egyptian security officials say militants have attacked the same army checkpoint in Sinai where 12 soldiers were killed earlier this month, this time leaving one soldier dead.
A look at recent developments in the South China Sea, where China is pitted against smaller neighbors in multiple disputes over islands, coral reefs and lagoons in waters crucial for global commerce and rich in fish and potential oil and gas reserves: ___ EDITOR'S NOTE: This is a weekly look at the latest key developments in the South China Sea, home to several territorial conflicts that have raised tensions in the region.
Japanese electronics company Panasonic Corp. has cut its forecast for net profit for this fiscal year, citing the impact of a strong currency and weaker earnings from sales of its solar energy systems for home use.
Just five months after her party took power, Myanmar's Nobel Prize-winning leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, is facing international pressure after recent reports that soldiers have been killing, raping and burning homes of the country's long-persecuted Rohingya Muslims.
Iraqi special forces advanced on the Islamic State-held city of Mosul from the east on Monday, taking heavy fire but inching closer to the city's limits.