Eurozone finance ministers have assessed the impact of the British decision to leave the EU, warning that the country risked becoming "Little Britain" in the aftermath.

South Sudan's president and his estranged deputy ordered a ceasefire Monday after a new day of heavy fighting in the capital that sent thousands fleeing and threatened a return to civil war.

A strong 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck northern Ecuador late on Sunday in the same area devastated by a powerful quake in mid-April, the US Geological Service said.

North Korea on Monday threatened to take "physical action" to counter a sophisticated US anti-missile system planned to be deployed in the South.

The UN Security Council pressed South Sudan's neighbors on Sunday to help end renewed fighting in the capital, asking for additional peacekeepers.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has claimed victory in weekend elections, giving a boost to his long-cherished desire to water down the country's pacifist constitution.

The UN's cultural agency met on Sunday in Istanbul to consider adding over two dozen new sites to its prestigious global heritage list, and called for a strong global response to the threats posed by extremism.

A fifth police officer died during a shootout with snipers during a protest against police shootings of black men that also wounded six other officers and a civilian, authorities said.

NATO leaders meet on Friday for a landmark summit in Warsaw to send an uncompromising message to a resurgent Russia while trying to contain the fallout from Britain's dramatic vote to quit the European Union.