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Basque authorities say a prominent regional leader who was jailed for his links with the outlawed armed group ETA can*t stand as candidate in upcoming elections because his sentence bans him from holding office until 2021.

Turkey's president says he will demand the extradition of the leader allegedly responsible for last month's abortive coup during his meeting with the American vice president later that day.

China's ambassador to Manila says the Chinese government has sought information from Filipino authorities to help capture suspected Chinese drug traffickers in the Philippines and wants a stronger anti-drug accord to fight the menace.

The Indian government says it hopes to ban foreigners, single parents and gay couples from using India's surrogacy services in order to protect poor women from exploitation.

Egypt's state news agency says a knife-wielding attacker has been shot and killed after he stabbed a guard at a Coptic church.

Romania's prime minister says his country is a champion of Moldova's drive to join the European Union, in remarks before a visit to the ex-Soviet republic.

Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir say government forces have fired shotguns and tear gas to break up fierce new protests demanding an end to Indian rule in the disputed Himalayan region, killing a young man and wounding dozens of others.

A lawyer for residents of Timbuktu has told International Criminal Court judges that the destruction by Islamic extremists of historic mausoleums in the Malian desert left them feeling shame at the desecration of their saints and ancestors.

Officials have reported that oil has spilled from Jordan into the Gulf of Aqaba, but the size of the leak remains unclear.

Bangladesh police say they have arrested a leading suspect behind last year's killing of an American-Bangladeshi writer and blogger amid an ongoing crackdown against radicals blamed for violent attacks on foreigners, liberals and minorities in the country.

The Latest on the influx of asylum-seekers and migrants in Europe (all times local): French authorities say a Sudanese migrant has died after a clash between groups of Sudanese and Afghans in the French port city of Calais, a flashpoint in Europe's migrant drama.

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In past years, big names in South Africa picked up the annual Gulen Peace Award, a local accolade inspired by a Turkish preacher who has been blamed by Turkey for an attempted coup last month.

A British parliamentary committee is recommending a ban on plastic microbeads in hopes of cutting back on pollution in the world's oceans.

Sensitive data on submarines being built for India's Navy have leaked from a leading French shipbuilder with military customers around the world.

Serbia's defense ministry says a 20-year old Afghan migrant crossing illegally from Bulgaria has been shot dead, apparently by hunters.

Turkey's state-run news agency says Turkish tanks have crossed into Syria as part of a military operation to free a border town held by the Islamic State group.

At least 275 people have died in fighting between government and rebel forces in South Sudan, officials from both sides say.

Police say a train has collided with a bus in northwestern Germany, injuring at least three people.

Fewer foreign tourists are visiting the Paris region after deadly attacks last year and a season of strikes, violent labor action and exceptional floods.