Pakistan says security forces, acting on a tip, raided a militant hideout in the central province of Punjab and subsequently killed eight militants during a shootout at the scene.
German authorities say DNA recovered from the site where a child's remains were found has been linked to a dead neo-Nazi suspected in a string of killings.
Soccer players on a Palestinian premiere league team have posed for a photograph with a banner praising the Palestinian behind this week's deadly shooting in Jerusalem.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a resolution adopted by the UN cultural agency Thursday denied the Jewish connection to holy sites in Jerusalem and was a "theatre of the absurd."
Pope Francis has denounced the forced repatriation of unaccompanied children migrants who flee wars and poverty, saying countries should try to meet their needs rather than return them to uncertain futures back home.
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor says she is "deeply concerned" about reports of extrajudicial killings of suspected drug dealers and users in the Philippines and that statements by "high officials" in the Asian nation "seem to condone such killings." The written statement Thursday by Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda appeared aimed as a blunt warning to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, whose anti-drug crackdown has left an estimated 3,000 people allegedly involved in the drug trade dead.
Relief about the capture of a young Syrian suspected of preparing a bomb attack in Germany this week gave way to frustration after he strangled himself in his jail cell, dashing authorities' hopes of gaining intelligence about the man's alleged links to the Islamic State group.
Iran deployed two warships off Yemen threatening to further escalate tensions after the U.S. fired Tomahawk cruise missiles destroying three coastal radar sites in Houthi-controlled territory, a US official confirmed to Fox News on Thursday.
Statements Thursday from Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej: ___ "Thai citizens in the kingdom and foreign countries all over the world, the day that no Thais wanted to think about or wish to even hear about has arrived.
A woman who has spent 12 years searching for her daughter in a northern Mexican state says the governor has promised to devote resources to inspect a site where thousands of bone fragments have been found.
European Union chief Donald Tusk is taking a tough stance ahead of talks on Britain's departure from the bloc, vowing there can be no compromises as London heads toward a "hard Brexit." Tusk said Thursday that the task of European negotiators "will be to protect the interests of the EU as a whole and each of the 27 member states." He insisted that Britain cannot hope to stay in Europe's single market while restricting the movement of EU migrants, saying "there will be no compromises." Tusk, who chairs talks among EU leaders, said London had chosen "to radically loosen relations with the EU — something that goes by the name of 'hard Brexit'." Prime Minister Theresa May has said she will trigger Britain's exit negotiations in March.
An Israeli defense body says it is increasing its efforts to crack down on attempts to smuggle items to the Gaza Strip that Israel prohibits on security grounds.