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Egypt's president says his country remains committed to close relations with its Gulf Arab allies, but will continue to independently pursue its own policies to safeguard Arab security.

The Latest on the influx of asylum-seekers and migrants in Europe(all times local): 5:50 p.m.

Romania's president on Thursday criticized the way authorities handled the case of a brown bear that was shot by police after it wandered into a central city.

Twenty-one of Nigeria's Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram more than two years ago have been freed in a swap for detained leaders of the Islamic extremist group, the government and military said Thursday.

World leaders and Thai people alike are mourning King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died Thursday at age 88, after 70 years on the throne.

The 193 United Nations member states of the General Assembly on Thursday elected Portugal's former prime minister Antonio Guterres as the next secretary-general of the UN.

Europeans lawmakers supportive of Greece's left-wing government are urging the European Commission to act swiftly on debt relief for the bailed out eurozone member, warning that delays would produce "devastating results" for its economy.

The 70-year reign of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej spanned coups, insurgencies and dozens of national governments.

Pakistan's interior minister has confirmed authorities imposed a travel ban on a prominent journalist, saying the step was taken after the reporter tried to flee the country.

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls says his country supports the election of Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump in the upcoming U.S. presidential election.

South African media say President Jacob Zuma is seeking to block the release of a preliminary report on whether a wealthy business family sought to influence the selection of some Cabinet minister picks.

Israel's Shin Bet security agency says it has indicted three Arab Israelis for acts inspired by the Islamic State group, including attempting to set fire to a soccer stadium, smuggle weapons from the West Bank and cross into Syria to join the militant group.

Overnight shelling and more than a dozen airstrikes on rebel-held parts of Aleppo killed at least 11 people Thursday, bringing the death toll in the last three days to at least 65, according to an opposition activist group and Aleppo's volunteer civil defense forces.

The United Nations peacekeeping mission head in Central African Republic says at least 20 people have died after attacks in the country's north.

The Maldives government says it has decided to leave the Commonwealth because the grouping of former British colonies has treated it "unjustly and unfairly" and sought to interfere in its politics.

Serbia's prime minister has warned that support for European Union integration is crumbling in the Balkan country in favor of stronger ties with traditional Slavic ally Russia.

Pope Francis is urging Lutherans to set aside doctrinal differences and work with Catholics to care for the poor, the sick and refugees as he lays out his vision for greater communion ahead of his visit to Sweden later this month.

King Bhumibol Adulyadej, revered in Thailand as a demigod, a humble father figure and an anchor of stability through decades of upheaval at home and abroad, died on Thursday.

Thailand's Royal Palace says King Bhumibol, the world's longest-reigning monarch, has died at age 88.

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve says Italy is not doing enough to screen arriving migrants and is failing to ensure that people who do not qualify for asylum are sent home.