A small group of locals and anti-bullfighting activists have scuffled and exchanged insults at a centuries-old Spanish festival where for the first time the gory killing of a bull is banned.
Police say they have arrested nearly 400 people for looting and vandalism in India's information technology hub of Bangalore after a curfew was imposed to quell violence set off by a court ruling over a disputed water source.
Some 170 Italian students have marked their first day of school in classrooms set up in containers after their schools were damaged in the Aug. 24 earthquake that killed 295 people and left 4,000 homeless.
Government plans to hold an opinion poll in February on whether gay marriage should be legalized in Australia suffered a blow on Tuesday when a gay government senator announced that he opposed the plan.
A judge says that European Union agreements on closer ties and trade with Morocco shouldn't apply to Western Sahara amid tensions over the disputed territory.
Turkey's state-run news agency says the Justice Ministry has sent the United States its first formal request demanding the arrest of the alleged mastermind of July's abortive coup.
A Paris judge has handed preliminary terrorism charges to three women who authorities suspect are part of a female "commando" unit planning imminent attacks in France on behalf of the Islamic State group.