Seven days after a mass shooting devastated Bondi Beach, Australians gathered on Sunday for a national day of reflection.

Saudi Arabia has quietly expanded access to its only store that sells alcohol, allowing wealthy foreign residents to buy booze in the latest step in the once-ultraconservative kingdom’s experiment in liberalization.

Political factions in Iraq have been maneuvering since the parliamentary election more than a month ago to form alliances that will shape the next government

A group of as many as a dozen assailants arrived just before 1 a.m. at KWA Noxolo tavern in Bekkersdal township, which is west of Johannesburg, said Brenda Muridili, a spokesperson for the South African Police Service.

A Malaysian court has rejected former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s bid to serve the rest of his graft sentence under house arrest. The court ruled Monday that a rare royal order issued by

Mossad Director David Barnea said Israel will pursue the Bondi attackers and those who sent them, warning Iran and ISIS are accelerating global plots against Jews.

Police have announced the release of 130 schoolchildren and staff abducted from a Nigerian Catholic school last month.

Proposals that emerged in recent negotiations with the United States were “rather unconstructive,” a Kremlin official said on Sunday.