Student protesters have clashed with police on several South African campuses during demonstrations for free education, while one of the country's leading universities says it will hold talks with student leaders after several weeks of unrest.
Twelve Greek prison guards have received jail sentences of 5-7 years for torturing a convict, but were cleared of responsibility for his death hours after the attack.
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 Thursday.
By firing missiles into Yemen, the United States likely will be further entangled in a stalemate war in the Arab world's poorest country, a conflict it has sought to extract itself from in recent weeks.
The European Union's top auditor says the EU and its institutions need to revamp and improve financial governance to counter the distrust among its citizens.
Scotland's leader says she will publish a bill next week laying the groundwork for a new independence referendum — the first step toward a new vote on whether Scotland should leave the United Kingdom.
Pope Francis this weekend will canonize Argentina's "gaucho priest," the poncho-wearing, mate-sipping pastor who rode his mule Malacara to the far-flung peripheries of Argentina to minister to the poor.
A Lithuanian police dog has been given a solemn official burial ceremony in the Baltic country, complete with state border guards firing off a volley salute.
Israel's energy minister says Israel and Turkey have agreed to examine the possibility of constructing a pipeline that would carry Israeli natural gas to Turkey and onward to European markets.
Voters in Montenegro face a stark choice: continue on a chartered pro-Western course and NATO membership, or slide back to the embrace of their traditional Slavic ally Russia.
Consumer goods giant Unilever says prices in Britain on cherished items like Marmite spread are likely to rise after the sharp drop in the value of the pound following Britain's decision to leave the European Unison.
The son of former Polish president Lech Walesa says his father, a longtime adversary of Poland's current leadership, no longer has state protection when he travels abroad.
A Greek militant anarchist group has claimed responsibility for a bomb blast outside a bookshop in central Athens that caused extensive damages but no injuries.
A new report by a Paris-based human rights group and Belarusian activists says Belarus has resumed executions after the European Union lifted most of its sanctions against the former Soviet nation.
The Australian Senate has lifted tough censorship rules on media coverage of its sessions at the urging of a senator who was recently snapped snoozing in the chamber.
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