The 18-year-old German-Iranian gunman who killed nine people in Munich on Friday began planning the attack one year ago after visiting the site of a 2009 school shooting in southwest Germany that killed 15 people, a Bavarian state official said on Sunday.

Libya's government has summoned the French ambassador amid concern over the French military presence in the country.

Forces loyal to Libya's unity government said Sunday they had seized a building used by ISIS to manufacture explosives in its coastal stronghold.

French President Francois Hollande's popularity rating has inched up from near record lows this month, despite heavy criticism he received over security issues since the Bastille Day attack in Nice, two polls showed.

Pope Francis has condemned "deplorable acts of terrorism and violence" in Munich and Kabul that have left dozens dead in recent days.

Iran destroyed 100,000 satellite dishes and receivers Sunday as part of a widespread crackdown against the illegal devices that authorities say are morally damaging, a news website reported.

Police in Bangladesh arrested Sunday four female members of a home-grown militant group blamed for a bloody attack on a cafe in which 22 people were killed, most of them foreigners, an officer said.

Syria's government said on Sunday it was ready for further peace talks with the opposition and that it was intent on a political solution to the five-year conflict.

Four makeshift hospitals and a local blood bank in Syria's battered Aleppo city have been hit by air raids in the past 24 hours, a group of doctors said Sunday.

Armed groups including Islamists have urged Libyans to mobilise against French and other foreign troops deployed in the country, denouncing their presence as a "blatant aggression".

Israel's Foreign Ministry says a senior official has met with a visiting former military general from Saudi Arabia. The meeting marks a rare public engagement between countries that have no official relations.

A suicide bomber struck near a checkpoint in a Shi area of northern Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 12 people, Iraqi security and medical officials said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas Friday to offer condolences on the death of his brother, an Israeli official told AFP.

Turkey is asking its nationals living abroad to report people and organizations that support a U.S.-based Muslim cleric who is accused of masterminding a failed military coup to Turkish authorities, Swedish Radio reported Friday.

The eight Turkish military personnel who fled to Greece last week aboard a helicopter after last week's failed coup in their country are being transferred to Athens, one of their lawyers said Friday.

Militant group the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) Friday denied being in talks with Nigeria's government to end attacks on key oil facilities that have cut output and hammered revenue.

Qatar said Thursday it would give $30 million to help pay the salaries of thousands of Gaza Strip public sector workers left without a full wage package since 2013.

Libyan forces said Friday they had edged further into the center of Sirte as they seek to recapture the city from ISIS, following heavy battles until late the previous evening that left dozens dead.

French President Francois Hollande said Friday France would supply heavy weapons to Iraqi forces as soon as next month and that there were no plans to deploy troops on the ground there and in Syria.

Tuareg rebels battled pro-government militia fighters in Mali's desert north Friday, locals said, the second day of clashes raising fears for a fraying peace deal.