France's foreign minister says Gabon's constitutional court must assess a challenge to the outcome of the nation's presidential election with "transparency and impartiality." Jean-Marc Ayrault said in a statement Friday the high court of the former French colony must consider the challenge brought by opposition candidate Jean Ping, who accuses incumbent President Ali Bongo Ondimba of fraud.
Luisa Mendoza and her husband share a plastic dish loaded with starchy mix of rice and chicken accompanied by a half-eaten plantain, among about 300 people at one of Peru's 16,000 soup kitchens.
Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his French counterpart are planning to visit Ukraine next week to discuss solutions to the conflict in the east of the country.
Judges at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal have set a date for closing arguments in the long-running trial of former Bosnian Serb military commander Gen. Ratko Mladic, scheduling a week of hearings in December.
Israel's prime minister has rejected international criticism of West Bank settlement construction, equating it to "ethnic cleansing" of Jews and insisting the settlements are not an obstacle to peace.
Paris prosecutor Francois Molins says one of the women detained in a police raid over a failed attack near Notre Dame Cathedral was engaged separately to two French extremists who themselves carried out deadly attacks this year.
Energy drinks brand Red Bull says Austrian stunt pilot Hannes Arch, a member of the company's extreme sports team, has died in a helicopter crash in the Alps.
A British-Iranian woman detained for months in Iran on suspicion of planning the "soft toppling" of the country's government while traveling with her young daughter has been sentenced to five years in prison, her husband said Friday.
The husband of a British-Iranian woman held in Iran on suspicion of being a spy while traveling with her young daughter says she has been sentenced to five years in prison.
Turkey's interior minister says the government will take over the running of 28 municipalities, ousting elected mayors accused of links to Kurdish rebels.
Turkey's foreign minister has repeated a call for a no-fly zone over northern Syria to boost security and allow more refugees to return home while enabling more local troops to be trained in their fight against Islamic State group fighters.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has given Indonesian forces the right to pursue pirates into Philippine waters, saying piracy is one of the main problems between the two countries.
A German court says it's shelving a case against a 92-year-old woman accused of accessory to murder for serving as the Auschwitz commandant's SS radio operator, saying she's unfit for trial.
