The month-long European soccer championships are a key test of security only months after terror attacks hit France and neighboring Belgium.

Russia is building new military bases along its European borders, three countries have eliminated mother-to-child HIV transmission and Nigeria begins talks with Niger Delta militants.

France tries to drum up enthusiasm for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks after the US presidential elections.

Political, not military, victories in Anbar Province will dictate the future fight against the Islamic State in Iraq.

A wealthy Swiss town will pay $300,000 to avoid resettling 10 refugees and press freedom takes a hit at the United Nations.

15 years after a UN treaty aimed to prevent overfishing of tuna and other migratory fish species, their populations keep declining. 

Chinese electronics manufacturer Foxconn is trimming its factory workforce by more than half and doubling down on robot labor. And China says it plans to deploy nuclear weapons-armed submarines to the Pacific.

175 nations gather in Turkey for the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit, and Austria nearly elects a gun-toting, anti-Muslim, anti-migrant president.

President Obama will visit Hiroshima this week, and anti-nuclear groups are using the occasion to criticize his decision to modernize the American nuclear weapons arsenal.

NATO member states pledge to continue the Resolute Support Mission through 2016.