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A local official says gunmen have killed around 20 Niger soldiers guarding a camp of Malian refugees.

A Syrian family who escaped ISIS' de facto capital of Raqqa has described seeing an 11-year-old boy's arm chopped off as punishment by the terror group's religious police.

Sudan is denying allegations made by a rights group that it used chemical weapons in the country's western Darfur region, describing them as an "unfounded fabrication." The deputy chair of President Omar Bashir's ruling National Congress party says the allegations by Amnesty International were made to undermine the country.

A new poll suggests that German Chancellor Angela Merkel's popularity is recovering after hitting a 5-year low last month.

Indian police have arrested 70 people and are questioning hundreds more after uncovering a massive scam to cheat thousands of Americans out of millions of dollars by posing as U.S. tax authorities and demanding unpaid taxes, a police officer said Thursday.

Albania's Parliament has approved six laws on judicial reforms that are considered a key requirement to persuade the European Union to launch membership negotiations.

The friends of an American newlywed who died in a car crash while going out to look at the stars during his New Zealand honeymoon have set up a fundraising page for his grieving wife.

Norway’s education minister on Wednesday said the country sought to ban Islamic “full-face” veils in schools and universities, AFP reported.

Thousands of people have demanded that Iran be stripped of the right to host the women’s world chess championship because it will force players to compete in hijabs.

Ghana has expressed its intention to remove a statue of Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi from a university in the capital, citing a controversy over what critics call his "racist identity." Professors at the University of Ghana launched a petition last month calling for the removal of the statue, which was unveiled by Indian President Pranab Mukherjee during a visit in June.

Portugal's former prime minister Antonio Guterres, who was formally approved on Thursday to be the next U.N. secretary-general, said he faces "huge challenges" and hopes to see unity and consensus during his term.

Norway says it plans to spend 225 billion kroner ($28 billion) of its oil fund — the largest in the world — to further stimulate the economy next year in the Scandinavian country that has shown signs of a gradual economic recovery.

German airline TUI fly has canceled its flights scheduled for Friday because of crews reporting sick at short notice, capping days of disruption.

The commissioner of Canada's national police force says the government has earmarked US$757 million (CA$100 million) in payouts related to the settlement of two class-action lawsuits The lawsuits stem from sexual harassment allegations filed by female employees, some of which date back to 1974.

Feuding in Britain's fractious, right-wing UK Independence Party erupted into violence Thursday that left a member of the European Parliament hospitalized with a head injury after an "altercation" with a colleague.

A British Muslim activist has failed in his bid to sue U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump for claiming that London police are fearful about entering some neighborhoods because of radical Muslims.

Belgian prosecutors say a suspect has been charged with attempted murder in a terrorist context and participating in the activities of a terrorist group in connection with a stabbing attack that injured two Brussels police officers.

Germany's governing coalition has agreed on new rules meant to help ensure that men and women receive equal pay for doing equivalent work.

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Sexual violence has been a significant problem in the country, with some 2,000 migrants sexually assaulting some 1,200 women in Cologne during New Year’s celebrations in 2016, and one town is trying a unique approach to the problem.