Libya: Ansar al-Shariah militants deny US killing of jihadi leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar
Islamist militant known as Mr Marlboro was target of US bombing in Ajdabiya.
France: Unearthed 500BC Celtic tomb reveals golden necklace on prince - or is it a princess?
French National Archaeological Research Institute (Inrap) finishes excavations of Lavau burial site.
Italian police clear migrants from France border crossing amid EU refugee redistribution talks
Asylum seekers camped on sea rocks of Ventimiglia forcibly removed by security forces.
Italy: Singing nun Cristina Scuccia ambushed by Belgian stalker outside her convent
Police arrested 42-year-old man who claimed he wanted a selfie with the religious reality TV star.
MERS claims youngest victim in South Korea as tourists evade quarantine
Seoul and WHO experts say no risk of pandemic as virus is being contained.
Mediterranean crisis: Renzi attacks 'selfish' France, threatens to grant migrants safe passage to Europe
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi lashes out at Paris as hundreds of would-be-refugees are stranded in Ventimiglia.
Jozef Wesolowski: Vatican sends ex-archbishop to trial for sexual abuse and having child pornography
Criminal trial of former Holy See envoy to the Dominican Republic to start in July.
Thomas Evans: British Muslim convert 'killed storming army base with al-Shabaab in Kenya'
Kenyan authorities say 24-year-old form High Wycombe died during attack against army camp in Lamu.
North Carolina shark attacks: Oak Island swimmers urged caution after two teens lose limbs
Beaches to reopen in popular US Atlantic seaside resort after boy and girl attacked by sharks.
Tunisia: Islamist gunmen kill three policemen in central town
A suspect jihadist is killed and a second arrested in Sidi Ali Ben Aoun months after Bardo museum attack.
Saudi Arabia: jailed blogger Raif Badawi's lawyer Waleed Abu al-Khair wins human rights award
Human rights lawyer and activist from Saudi Arabia awarded Ludovic Trarieux Prize.
Pulp Fiction politics: 'Even Mr Wolf can't solve Italian problems' President Mattarella tells Tarantino
Italian president Sergio Mattarella quips with Quentin Tarantino at David di Donatello movie awards.
Japan: Fukushima residents can go back home in two years, says government
Tokyo approves revised decommissioning works road map for Fukushima nuclear plant
California: Victim of San Diego throat-slashing barber Daniel Flores worried 'it could happen again'
US Navy officer Timothy Vaughn was attacked by barber Daniel Roberto Flores in Imperial Beach.
Morocco: Anger at Maroc Hebdo magazine cover asking 'shall we burn homosexuals?'
Weekly magazine attacks Health Ministry recommendation to decriminalise homosexuality in country
Mafia holidays: Southern Italian tourist resort seized in anti-'Ndrangheta operation
Beverly Village resort in Palmi, Calabria, was allegedly owned by mafia boss' nephew Candeloro Gagliostro.
Mexican woman who set kitten on fire in viral video faces charges [GRAPHIC VIDEO]
Animal activists and authorities identified Aguascalientes woman featured in disturbing video.
Mexican police chase of naked runner captured on video
A motorist filmed police in Mexico City trying to apprehend an unclothed fugitive.
France: FN militants 'burned cars to fuel insecurity for political gain'
Adrien Desport, the former Front National number two in Seine-et-Marne Adrien, among accused.
MERS claims 10th victim in South Korea as panic reaches pet owners
Seoul says 75-year-old man died at Konyang University Hospital in Daejeon.
Isis: US national Keith Thomas Broomfield killed fighting Islamic State in Syria
36-year-old from Massachusetts believed to be first American to die in combat in war-torn country.
Vladimir Putin keeps both Italian PM Renzi and Pope Francis waiting at talks
Kremlin leader's legendary lateness strikes again on Italian trip.
Israeli-linked malware Duqu 2.0 'used to spy on Iran nuclear talks venues'
Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab says it was infiltrated by a spy virus they also found at hotels hosting P5+1 meetings.
Saudi Arabia mulls allowing women to travel without men's permission - if they have good reason
Saudi passport department director general Maj. Gen. Sulaiman Al-Yahya says new regulations being discussed
Egypt: Two dead as Luxor Karnak Temple is attacked by suicide bombers
World famous temple of Amun-Ra in southern Egypt targeted by militants.
Russia-bound 'looted ceramic' was not pillaged from Syrian museum, says antiquities chief
Artefact seized by Finnish Custom in April is Persian pottery says Maamoun Abdulkarim.
Italy: Prayer helped nuns survive three days stuck in Rome lift without water
69-year-old from New Zealand and 58-year-old from Ireland rescued from faulty Marist convent lift.
Isis in Lebanon: Hezbollah and Lebanese army pincer Islamic State jihadists in Qalamoun mountains
Islamic State attack near of Ras Baalbek reportedly foiled by Shi'ite militants.
France: One in five children lives in poverty, says Unicef
UN agency urges French government to take action as number of poor children reaches three million
Pope Francis to open homeless shelter at the Vatican
Holy See already provides the homeless with showers and free barber service.
