French Foreign Ministry Spokesman Romain Nadal said on Monday that France is in close contact with all partners, especially Egypt and the Arab League, in preparation for a scheduled visit from Ambassador Pierre Vimont, the special envoy to the peace summit initiative to Cairo, later on Wednesday.

A blast caused by "self-made explosive materials" injured three people at a terminal in Shanghai's Pudong International Airport on Sunday, the Shanghai Airport Authority said.

Dubai International Airport, the world's busiest airport for international travel, closed its airspace for 69 minutes due to unauthorized drone activity on Saturday, causing 22 flights to be diverted, aviation authorities said.

A bomb exploded outside the headquarters of Lebanese Blom Bank in central Beirut on Sunday, causing damage but no fatalities, the interior minister said.

About 20 people killed in Orlando night club shooting, police chief said. Gunfire erupted at a gay nightclub in Orlando early on Sunday, causing mass casualties before one suspected gunman was found dead inside, police said.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed Friday she hopes Britain will vote to remain in the European Union in a June 23 referendum that her finance minister labeled a "wake-up call." Britain and Germany have traditionally been allies in the EU on matters such as free trade.

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attacked Democratic rival Hillary Clinton on Friday as weak on Islamist militants, in a speech at a Christian evangelical conference where he received a standing ovation. Reading a carefully scripted speech from a Teleprompter, Trump said money aimed at resettling Syrian refugees in the United States should instead be spent on tackling poverty in U.S. cities.

Usernames and passwords of almost 33 million Twitter users have been obtained by a Russian hacker and put up for sale online.

Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabab says it has killed more than 40 Ethiopian soldiers in an attack on an African Union base in central Somalia.

GENEVA,— Satellite images confirm the destruction of the ancient Nabu temple in Iraq, the U.N. said late Wednesday, after the Islamic State group claimed to have blown it up.

The two suspects accused of killing four people in an attack in Tel Aviv Wednesday were identified to CNN by the mayor of their hometown. Israeli authorities have issued a gag order on reporting any details that would identify the attackers.

A Russian submarine capable of carrying cruise missiles and torpedoes has been intercepted by the Royal Navy while cruising towards the English Channel.

JERUSALEM/MOSCOW : With the Obama administration in its final months, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been a more frequent and feted visitor to Moscow than Washington, his eye on shifting big-power influence in the Middle East.

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin is hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for talks expected to focus on boosting bilateral ties and the situation in Syria.

Back when I was a girl, I had all kinds of big dreams for myself. But by the time I started school, I began encountering folks who seemed to doubt my ability to reach my goals. Teachers who thought girls just weren’t very smart, and would call on the boys in class instead. People who thought a girl shouldn’t have ambition and who would ask my brother what career he planned to have, but would ask me what kind of man I wanted to marry.

PARIS, France - Global travelers now have a new tempting reason to visit Paris in 2016 - the iconic Ritz Paris reopens its doors today.

PARIS, France - Global travelers now have a new tempting reason to visit Paris in 2016 - the iconic Ritz Paris reopens its doors today.

He first gained fame as a backyard brawler whose street-fighting videos went viral online Professional mixed martial artist Kimbo Slice died Monday at the age of 42.

Exercises includes night-time helicopter assault and the dropping of US paratroopers to build a temporary bridge over Poland's Vistula river

At least 11 people have been killed and several wounded in a car bomb attack in central Istanbul.

French scientists equipped with a special telescope have joined the Scan the Pyramids project that was launched last year to discover the secrets of Egypt's ancient structures.