Hundreds of mourners were gathering Tuesday in the cathedral of Rouen, in western France, for the funeral Mass for the priest who was killed by two Islamic extremists last week in the nearby town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray.
The leader of Spain's biggest opposition party has snubbed an approach from acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to create a "grand coalition" that would govern the country and end seven months of political deadlock.
Bavaria's finance minister says the state plans to sue Volkswagen over losses to the state pension fund in the wake of the emissions cheating scandal that has taken its toll on the automaker's profits.
The United Nations refugee agency says about 60,000 people have fled South Sudan since fighting broke out between rival army factions almost four weeks ago.
Iraq's prime minister has issued a travel ban for some sitting lawmakers and politicians amid corruption allegations that surfaced during the questioning in parliament of the country's defense minister.
Syria's state news agency says rebel fire has killed at least nine civilians in the government- controlled section of the divided northern city of Aleppo.
Turkey's justice minister has sent a document to the United States seeking the arrest of cleric Fethullah Gulen, who lives in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania and whom Ankara accuses of instigating an attempted coup on July 15.
Kuwait is raising its subsidized gasoline prices for the first time in years, following its Gulf neighbors as low global oil prices continue to gnaw away at budgets across the region.
Air France's CEO says the company has lost about 90 million euros ($100 million) in a seven-day strike by cabin crew that has affected 180,000 passengers.
A group of lawyers asked by Mitsubishi Motors Corp. to investigate mileage cheating at the Japanese automaker found the company set unrealistic goals, but employees simply couldn't say, "No." The Tokyo-based automaker acknowledged in April it had systematically falsified mileage data on its eK wagon and eK Space minicars, also produced for Nissan Motor Co.
Cardinal Franciszek Macharski, a popular Polish prelate who served for many years as archbishop of Krakow, inheriting a position opened by the election of Pope John Paul II, has died.
Japan's Cabinet has approved a fresh economic stimulus package worth more than 28 trillion yen ($275 billion) to help revive the country's stalling growth.
