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In the first case, Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, are accused of accepting more than $260,000 worth of luxury goods, such as cigars, jewellery and champagne, from billionaire benefactors in exchange for political favours.

Bashar al-Assad's fall as Syrian president must be followed by accountability for him and others behind the horrific crimes committed during his rule, the UN insisted on Monday.

An updated complaint in a civil case against Combs alleges that Jay-Z, whose name is Shawn Carter, and Combs raped the girl at an after-party following the MTV Video Music Awards in September of 2000.

Ghana's ruling New Patriotic Party candidate, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, said on Sunday he conceded defeat in the weekend presidential election, after calling his opponent John Mahama to congratulate him.

A Syrian war monitor said al-Assad had left the country, in what could spell the end not just of his 24-year rule but the downfall of his clan's five-decade reign.

A motion to impeach South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was on the brink of failing Saturday, after lawmakers from his ruling party boycotted the ballot despite huge protests outside parliament. Yoon stunned the nation and the international community Tuesday night by suspending civilian rule and sending troops to parliament, but was forced into a U-turn after lawmakers nixed his decree.

A former British soldier on Friday pleaded not guilty to murdering two men during the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre more than half a century ago.

Residents of Kyiv in Ukraine rushed for cover after the air force warned on Friday of an incoming ballistic missile.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday linked an arson attack on a synagogue in Australia to what he called Canberra's "anti-Israel sentiment".