France honored the victims of Islamist militant attacks last year in a thinly attended silent ceremony on January 10, almost a year to the day when more than a million people marched in Paris to protest killings at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

Meeting for the first time in more than three years, Egypt's new parliament on January 10 elected a constitutional expert as its speaker, a key position as President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi looks to push through more than 200 laws issued by executive decree while the assembly was suspended.

Saudi Arabia and Iran said on January 10 that an escalating dispute between the two countries would not affect international efforts to end the war in Syria, even as a large Syrian rebel group cast doubt on the United Nations-led peace process.

The United States deployed a B-52 bomber on a low-level flight over its ally the Republic of Korea (RoK) on January 10, a show of force following the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s nuclear test last week.

Afghan security forces have retaken a district in the north of the country, killing 30 Taliban fighters and capturing vehicles and weapons from the insurgents, the defense ministry said on January 10.

Humanitarian aid will be delivered to the besieged Syrian town of Madaya and two blockaded villages in the northwest on January 11 according to an agreement finalised on January 8, two sources familiar with the details said.

Iran's foreign minister has complained to the United Nations about Saudi Arabia's "provocations" toward Tehran, as a diplomatic crisis between the region's two major powers entered its second week.

Migrants who commit crimes should lose their right to asylum, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday, toughening her tone as police in Cologne confronted right-wing protesters venting their anger at mass assaults on women on New Year's Eve.

Philadelphia police say a man admitted to shooting an officer in an ambush-style attack 'in the name of Islam.'

An attempted attack by Islamic State on a military base in northern Iraq shows Turkey's decision to deploy troops there was justified, President Tayyip Erdogan said on December 8, suggesting Russia was stirring up a row over the issue.