US President Barack Obama said his government is reviewing whether to put the Democratic People's Republic of Korea back on its list of state sponsors of terrorism, as Washington decides how to respond to what he calls an "act of cybervandalism", not one of war, against a movie company.
The gunman who fatally ambushed two police officers in their squad car had a long criminal record, a hatred for police and the government, and an apparent history of mental instability that included an attempt to hang himself a year ago, authorities said.
French authorities said a driver deliberately drove into pedestrians at several spots around the eastern city of Dijon, injuring 11 people and raising national concern.
A cleaner was jailed for seven years on Monday for sexually abusing a young boy at one of Indonesia's elite international schools, in a scandal that has rocked Jakarta's expatriate community.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea said on Saturday US accusations that it was involved in a cyberattack on Sony Pictures were "groundless slander", and it wanted a joint investigation into the incident with the United States.
The Islamic State group has executed 100 of its own foreign fighters who tried to flee the group's headquarters in the Syrian city of Raqqa, the Financial Times newspaper said on Saturday.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, battling a slide in public support, reshuffled his Cabinet on Sunday, promoting the overseer of a tough immigration program and throwing out his gaffe-prone defense minister.
Israeli aircraft attacked Gaza on Saturday for the first time since an August truce ended a 50-day conflict after a rocket hit the Jewish state, witnesses and the army said.
Polling started in Tunisia on Sunday in a landmark runoff to choose the country's first president nearly four years after the political and social turmoil of late 2010 and early 2011.
Russia vowed on Saturday to take retaliatory measures against a fresh round of punitive measures, after the United States and Canada followed EU steps to ratchet up sanctions over Crimea and for what they say is Russia's role in the ongoing Ukrainian crisis.
Cuban President Raul Castro said on Saturday he was ready to discuss any topic with Washington after the historic bilateral rapprochement, but warned not to expect political change.
Two New York City police officers who were ambushed and shot dead in their vehicle were "quite simply, assassinated", and the suspect had earlier made Instagram posts that were very anti-police, Police Commissioner William Bratton said.
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