German authorities say an autopsy confirms that a 22-year-old Syrian man who was believed to have been plotting a bombing attack killed himself in his jail cell in Leipzig.
Bermuda's government dispatched crews to clear roads and engineers to inspect infrastructure as the British territory moved to recovery quickly from Hurricane Nicole, which battered the island as a Category 3 storm.
Afghan officials say hundreds of members of the security forces have been killed recently fighting insurgent attacks on the main city in the southern province of Helmand.
Conflicting reports are emerging about whether the first negotiated release of Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria in 2014 involved a ransom payment, a prisoner swap for Islamic extremist commanders or both.
Hillary Clinton privately said the U.S. would "ring China with missile defense" if the Chinese government failed to curb North Korea's nuclear program, a potential hint at how the former secretary of state would act if elected president.
Swedish police are looking for a man wearing a clown mask and a yellow jacket who slightly wounded a person in southern Sweden with a sharp object, the latest incident involving adults in creepy outfits scaring passers-by.
A woman who was mauled by a tiger after getting out of her car at a Beijing safari park is demanding compensation of more than 2 million yuan ($300,000) from the facility.
Nigeria's first lady has openly questioned whether her husband, President Muhammadu Buhari, is in control of his government and says she may not campaign for him if he seeks a second term.
Car sales in Europe grew by 7 percent last month, reaching their highest September total on record as the climb out of the industry's worst crisis ever continued.
A wildlife advocacy group has warned that the escape of a silverback gorilla from the London Zoo that ended without injuries to visitors or the animal could have ended very differently.
Syrian opposition activists are reporting intense airstrikes on rebel-held neighborhoods of the northern city of Aleppo amid clashes between government forces and rebels.