A court in Argentina has sentenced the head of the country's air force to 25 years in prison for the abduction and disappearance of activists during the 1976-1983 dictatorship.
French President Francois Hollande is suggesting that he would oppose a national law banning burkini swimsuits, an idea championed by some conservative rivals.
Police say they had to put down a mother bear that wandered into a northern Ontario restaurant with her cubs and started knocking over products in a storage room.
Israeli defense officials on Thursday said the government has begun work on a massive underground barrier along the border with Gaza meant to block Hamas militants from tunneling into Israel.
The only surviving suspect in last November's attack on Paris refused to speak to a judge Thursday for a third time, in frustration at 24-hour video surveillance of his prison cell.
Portugal's government is introducing a code of conduct that prohibits high-ranking public officials from receiving gifts worth more than 150 euros ($170).
Belgium's government is considering legal action against Caterpillar over the U.S. heavy equipment maker's decision to shut down a manufacturing site and lay off more than 2,000 workers.
The prime minister of Guyana has ordered the reinstatement of a TV anchor on the state-run station who said she was removed from her position because she is pregnant.
Muslim pilgrims have begun arriving at the holiest sites in Islam ahead of the annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, with some weeping with their hands outstretched for a fleeting touch of the Kaaba.
Russia's Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday that the Israeli and the Palestinian leaders have agreed "in principle" to meet in Moscow for talks in what the Russians hope will relaunch the Mideast peace process after more than a two-year break.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte took a thinly veiled dig at the United States on Thursday, complaining that colonizers who killed many Filipinos are now raising human rights concerns with him.
A senior Turkish official says 11,285 education ministry personnel, including teachers, have been suspended amid suspicions they may be linked to outlawed Kurdish rebels.
Croats go to the polls this weekend in a snap election that, despite the country's many problems, has been more about past divisions than future challenges facing the European Union's newest member state.