More than 200 defendants in one of Italy's biggest mafia trials for generations have been sentenced to a total of more than 2,200 years in jail.
Protests have been held across Spain against an amnesty deal with Catalan separatists aimed at securing a new term for the Socialist-led government.
Australia's largest ports operator is set to keep its sites closed for days as it recovers from a cyber-attack, according to government officials.
Iceland has declared a state of emergency after a series of earthquakes raised fears of a volcanic eruption.
This week marked the end of the most dramatic phase of Donald Trump's New York business fraud trial, which saw high-profile members of his family make the journey to Lower Manhattan one by one to answer probing questions from prosecutors.
More than 1.6 million people in Somalia could be affected by the recent unusually heavy seasonal rains, the United Nations has warned.
Anti-terrorism police in Belgium have detained two suspected members of a far-right group accused of plotting bomb attacks and inciting violence.
Mexican authorities have found 123 people from neighbouring countries trapped in a trailer in the central state of San Luis Potosi.
Israel's communications minister has accused four freelance Gaza-based journalists who have worked with Western outlets of knowing that Hamas was going to attack Israel.
Yemen's Houthi rebels have shot down a US military drone, US officials and the Iran-aligned Houthi movement have said.