The Israeli military says it has hit a pair of Syrian military positions after stray fire from the neighboring country's civil war landed in Israeli territory.
Philippine officials say police have seized some 180 kilograms (400 pounds) of high-grade methamphetamine worth 900 million pesos ($19.2 million) in a major haul for the government of new President Rodrigo Duterte, who has promised to wipe out crime and corruption within six months.
The leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Balkan nations are meeting to better prevent extremists from sneaking in with migrants who are moving west across Europe.
The head of the U.K. Independence Party, Nigel Farage, resigned Monday as party leader, arguing that he's achieved his political ambition of having Britain leave the European Union.
A court in the Maldives has barred a group of journalists from working for their newly formed media organization for two years, threatening its closure in a move they criticized as the latest assault on media freedom in the archipelago nation.
A German court has sentenced a man arrested last year on suspicion that he was planning to attack a cycling race to 2½ years in prison for weapons and other offenses.
UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage says he is resigning as the head of the party, arguing his political ambition to have Britain leave the European Union has now been achieved.
Poland has introduced random border controls to ensure security at this month's NATO summit in Warsaw and Pope Francis' meeting with world youths in the south.
Police in Zimbabwe's capital have fired tear gas and water cannons in an attempt to quell rioting by taxi and minibus drivers protesting what they describe as police harassment.
Britain's Treasury chief plans to cut U.K. corporation tax to less than 15 percent to encourage companies to invest and ease business concerns about the country's vote to leave the European Union.
The top aide to former Chinese president Hu Jintao has been sentenced to life in prison on convictions of taking bribes, illegally obtaining state secrets and abusing powers.
Israeli lawmaker and former foreign minister Tzipi Livni says a British war crimes investigator sought to question her during a trip to Britain over her role in Israel's 2008-2009 Gaza war.
A highway overpass in Fallujah is plastered with Shiite banners, graffiti and posters of militia leaders, a virtual shrine to victory over the Islamic State group in this majority Sunni Muslim city.
Germany's European Union commissioner is pressing for action against Spain and Portugal for failing to meet their budget targets, arguing that Brussels must act to maintain its credibility.