The Saudi Arabia-led coalition intensified ground operations in Yemen this week amid reports of 6,000 civilian fatalities.
The French bank will pay $787 million to settle charges that it did business with Sudan, Iran and other sanctioned regimes between 2003 and 2008.
Ahmed Mohamed, the American Muslim teen briefly arrested after his homemade clock was mistaken for a bomb, met with Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir, who has ruled for almost 26 years.
Accused of genocide and war crimes, Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir visited South Africa in June, but was allowed to leave it despite a court order to detain him.
The Obama administration has cautioned U.S. bankers and foreign governments against rushing to invest in Iranian businesses.
The bombing targeted a house in Sanban, in Dhamar province, about 70 miles southeast of capital Sanaa, which is controlled by Houthis.
President Barack Obama has to decide soon whether to continue the hunt for warlord Joseph Kony.
A senior Yemeni government official said the two deadly airstrikes that struck a wedding in Taiz province Monday was "a mistake."
"You can’t work together; you can’t put together victims and their killers," the French president said.
One day before, Saudi helicopters reportedly killed another 30 civilians.
Many Greeks aren't happy with the flood of refugees arriving on their shores, but some are using the new arrivals to their advantage.
The last time refugee camps were prevalent in Europe was after World War II. Seventy years later they have returned, the result of the mass exodus from Syria.
Humanitarian workers say they rescued 301 people attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea in flimsy rubber dinghies Saturday.
European leaders will stage an emergency summit on refugees next week to deal with the mounting numbers crossing EU borders. But for now, they keep coming.
"The Royal Navy has rescued thousands of people from peril, but we've been clear we have to tackle the gangs behind this."
Every day, another 300 refugees arrive in Berlin. Despite the lengthy waits they face, they're happy to be there.
A provision to offer temporary protection status to overcome visa delays brings worries over security.
Rebel leader Rieck Machar and President Salva Kiir signed the accord under international pressure, and Kiir said he still has "serious reservations."
For the first time since Saudi Arabia formed a 10-country coalition in March to battle the Yemeni Houthi rebels, Egypt and Qatar have expanded their involvement.
The government has proposed the African Union set up a force to help monitor the ceasefire reached last month, ending months of a build-up in violence.
Netanyahu said the country lacked the “demographic and geographic depth” to house Syrian refugees.
About 2,800 refugees were reported dead or missing in 2015.