Qatar's emir has spoken with the Iranian president in an outreach effort that could help ease tensions between Sunni Gulf Arab states and Shiite-majority Iran.
A group of senior international diplomats harshly criticized the European Union's deal with Turkey to send back migrants in return for financial aid, calling it a "bad example" to other countries.
French President Francois Hollande said the government will do everything in its power to ensure the sustainability of the train-making site of Alstom in the country.
The Dalai Lama says there should be dialogue with Islamic State extremists to end bloodshed in Syria and Iraq, and argues that religion is never a justification for bloodshed.
The United States and five Western nations have called upon forces loyal to a Libyan general to withdraw from three eastern oil terminals seized earlier this week.
Somalia on Tuesday was hosting its first regional summit of African heads of state in 30 years, a source of pride in this Horn of Africa country after years of chaos and deadly attacks by al-Shabab extremists.
A small group of locals and anti-bullfighting activists have scuffled and exchanged insults at a centuries-old Spanish festival where for the first time the gory killing of a bull is banned.
Police say they have arrested nearly 400 people for looting and vandalism in India's information technology hub of Bangalore after a curfew was imposed to quell violence set off by a court ruling over a disputed water source.
Some 170 Italian students have marked their first day of school in classrooms set up in containers after their schools were damaged in the Aug. 24 earthquake that killed 295 people and left 4,000 homeless.