Turkey and the United States have agreed on the outlines of a plan to rout Islamic State militants from a strip of Syrian territory along the Turkish border - a plan that opens the possibility of a safe haven for tens of thousands of displaced Syrians but one that also sets up a potential conflict with US-backed Syrian Kurdish forces in the area.
British Prime Minister David Cameron is scheduled to speak out against "corrupt money from around the world" being laundered through real estate in Britain in a speech the will make during a trip to Southeast Asia on Tuesday.
The Greek government and its international creditors began work on a mammoth new bailout on Monday overshadowed by revelations that Greece's former finance minister had been secretly planning for a parallel system of liquidity.
Embattled Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak sacked the country's No 2 leader and the attorney general on Tuesday as part of a major Cabinet reshuffle seen as an attempt to firm his hold on office amid corruption allegations.
A British politician resigned from the House of Lords on Tuesday after a tabloid newspaper published footage of him allegedly snorting cocaine with prostitutes. Lord John Sewel, 69, apologized for the "pain and embarrassment" he had caused after the Sun newspaper published pictures of him as he chatted to two sex workers.
A British newspaper said it has uncovered a royal security breach by using an inexpensive app to track Prince William's air rescue ambulance while it is in the air.
Demonstrators blocked Lebanon's main Mediterranean coastal highway on Sunday to protest against a garbage collection crisis in the capital of Beirut that led the prime minister to threaten to resign.
Kurdish fighters in northern Syria accused the Turkish army of shelling their positions on Monday, highlighting the precarious path Ankara is treading as it simultaneously battles Islamic State in Syria and Kurdish insurgents in Iraq.
India tightened security on the border with Pakistan on Monday after heavily armed men stormed a police station in the northern frontier state of Punjab, killing at least seven people and wounding several others.
There are only about 100 tigers in the world's largest mangrove forest, far fewer of the endangered animals than previously thought, a top Bangladesh forestry official said on Monday following a recent survey.
Breaking the culture of impunity for militant groups, such as Islamic State, that use rape as a weapon of war, is the top priority for Britain's new special representative on preventing sexual violence in conflict.
At least 20 people were killed when a gunfight broke out at a wedding party in northern Afghanistan, officials said on Monday.
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