Prosecutors in Naples say Camorra mobsters tried to intimidate local grocers into buying bread from clan-controlled bakeries and selling it at higher prices, so the Mafiosi could pocket the difference.
Mexican authorities say they have arrested three members of a drug gang in connection with last week's slaying of three federal police officers in southern Guerrero state.
An official at the agency overseeing Cambodia's famous Angkor Wat temple complex says tests have confirmed that a wooden boat found buried in a dry riverbed is from the early 13th century.
Bahrain's state news agency says a court has stripped five people linked to radical Shiite groups of their citizenship and ordered them jailed after convicting them on terrorism charges.
Turkey's president has apologized to Moscow for the downing of a Russian military jet at the Syrian border, a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday.
The nearly 1,000 British nationals who work for the European Union's executive body have been assured their jobs are safe, even though Britain has voted to leave the European Union, EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker wrote in an internal memo that according to regulations, they are "union officials" and work for Europe.
Egypt has banned a prominent female activist from travelling to a human rights meeting in Beirut, the latest step in a crackdown on free speech and dissent.
The crew of a jet with 53 people on board prepared for an emergency landing at a Moscow airport Monday after one of the aircraft's engines failed, Russian media reported.
A group of lawyers, lawmakers and civil rights activists are urging authorities in Germany to investigate Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
For most in Armenia, the visit by Pope Francis will be best remembered for his willingness to declare the Ottoman-era slaughter of Armenians "genocide" and for his message of peace and reconciliation with Turkey.
Spain's acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said Monday he plans to seek a "grand coalition" with the center-left Socialists after his ruling conservative Popular Party won the country's unprecedented repeat election.