Turkish authorities have detained more than 15,000 people, including more than 10,000 soldiers, following the July 15-16 failed coup attempt, broadcaster CNN Turk on Wednesday cited interior minister Efkana Ala as saying.

A Kuwaiti court on Wednesday sentenced a Shia lawmaker to 14 years and six months in absentia for remarks deemed highly offensive to fellow Gulf states Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.

The United Nations called for a humanitarian truce in the Yemeni province of Taiz after government forces captured a town from Iran-allied Houthi militia in heavy fighting that has spurred allegations of war crimes.

Greek authorities on Tuesday postponed hearings for eight Turkish soldiers who sought asylum after they fled Turkey following an abortive coup attempt, a case that has underscored lingering tensions between the two NATO allies.

An Iraqi provincial council has approved a decision that would allow local authorities to demolish homes of convicted militants and banish their families from the province.

President Francois Hollande sought Wednesday to head off divisions between France's religious communities after the militant-claimed murder of a Catholic priest in his church, as calls mounted for tougher security measures.

Saudi Arabia on Wednesday condemned "in the strongest terms" the attack on a church in France that saw a priest killed by Islamic State group followers.

Syria's state TV has raised the death toll from a car bombing in a predominantly Kurdish town in the country's north, saying 22 people died and dozens were wounded.

Julianne Moore, Bryan Cranston, Kerry Washington, Mark Ruffalo, Neil Patrick Harris, Lena Dunham, Shonda Rhimes, and Macklemore are among more than 100 celebrities joining a campaign to urge Americans to deny Donald Trump the White House.

Libya's chief of staff on Tuesday threatened to target foreign oil tankers if they entered territorial waters, after a controversial deal was struck between the United Nations envoy and a militia commander in control of the oil terminals.

Israeli troops early Tuesday destroyed 11 Palestinian homes in an area on the outskirts of Jerusalem divided from the city by Israel's separation wall, residents and an NGO said.

A Kenyan half-brother of President Barack Obama says he will vote for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and not the candidate his brother has endorsed, Hillary Clinton.

The Islamic State group said on Tuesday that two assailants who stormed a church in France and killed an elderly priest were its "soldiers," an IS-linked news agency reported.

The uncertainty created by Britain's vote to leave the European Union will slow the global economy into next year, the International Monetary Fund predicted Tuesday.

Suicide bombers killed at least seven people as they tried to blast their way into the African Union's main peacekeeping base in Somalia's capital on Tuesday, police said.

Pope Francis has expressed his "pain and horror" at a hostage-taking at a church in France on Tuesday in which a priest was killed.

Millions of children will suffer disproportionately from the failed harvests and devastated livelihoods left behind by the El Nino weather phenomenon, Save the Children warned Tuesday.

French police "neutralized" two men armed with blades who had taken several people hostage in a church in northern France Tuesday, the police said.

Turkish authorities on Tuesday detained a veteran female reporter as part of the investigation into the failed July 15 coup after issuing warrants for over 40 journalists in a move that caused international concern.

Washington's top envoy John Kerry warned North Korea on Tuesday that it faced "real consequences" over its ongoing nuclear and missile testing programme.

A 22-nation Arab summit tackling the region's crises, despite splits over Iran and Turkey, was cut back to a single day Monday due to the absence of the heavyweight leaders of Egypt and Saudi Arabia.