German police said Saturday a gunman who went on a shooting rampage at a busy mall in Munich likely acted alone, and then committed suicide after killing nine people in cold blood.
The European Union has expressed "concern" over Turkey's decision to impose a state of emergency following the attempted coup, and urged the country to respect human rights and the rule of law.
Terror links were on Friday ruled out after a man set his car alight and rammed it into a police station in Australia, as officials vowed to review security after the scare.
New York billionaire Donald Trump has formally accepted the Republican Party nomination for president, vowing to defeat Hillary Clinton in November and claim victory in the US general election.
IMF chief Christine Lagarde is to find out Friday whether she will stand trial in France over a massive state payout to tycoon Bernard Tapie when she was French economy minister nearly a decade ago.
The Malian government on Thursday declared a state of emergency, a day after an attack in the centre of the country left 17 soldiers dead and 35 wounded.
The US Justice Department has moved to seize more than US$1 billion in assets including luxury real estate and a jet allegedly bought with money pilfered from the 1MDB state investment fund.
Some 70 dead whales have been found in southern Chile less than a year after more than 330 whales washed up in a remote Patagonian inlet.
French lawmakers have voted massively to extend a state of emergency as President Francois Hollande said that a call to boost reserve forces had paved the way towards a "National Guard".
Republicans formally chose Donald Trump as the party's presidential nominee yesterday, a landmark moment in American politics and a stunning victory for a man whose White House ambitions were once openly mocked.
Tokyo was struck by a third earthquake in four days today, but there were no reports of damage or casualties.
Seventeen soldiers were killed and 35 wounded in central Mali yesterday in an assault on their base that authorities called a "coordinated terrorist attack".
France's National Assembly voted in the early hours of today to extend the country's state of emergency for six months following last week's massacre in Nice.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has warned that Islamic State fighters could set up new cells across Libya and north Africa as they are driven from their, stronghold of Sirte.
North Korea test-fired three ballistic missiles on Tuesday, South Korea's military said, just over a week after issuing threats to respond to the planned deployment of a US anti-missile system in the South.
Thirteen people were killed on Monday in a prison riot in Guatemala, among them an ex-soldier imprisoned for killing a Roman Catholic bishop almost two decades ago, authorities said.
Malcolm Turnbull was sworn in for another term as Australia's prime minister today after a narrow election victory with budget repair and a public vote on same sex marriage among his top priorities.
An international team of researchers have announced the discovery of 104 new planets outside our solar system, including four that could have Earth-like, rocky surfaces.