The hunt for suspected Islamist militants continues across western Europe as EU ministers meet in Brussels to coordinate responses to the violence in France and Belgium. And Belgian troops, deployed on the city's streets, have been authorized to use deadly force.
After months of diplomacy, preparation and training, the first batch of Syria's chemical weapons are out of the country and in international waters. It's just the start.
Chemical weapon experts generally do their clean up work to neutralize weapons after conflicts are over. In Syria, they have to operate in the midst of a civil war, and so they are getting special training at a US military facility in Germany.
Nobody likes to live next to troublesome neighbors but what can you do, other than move? Officials in the Dutch capital Amsterdam have a different idea: they're vowing to exile the worst offenders.
The Netherlands is moving to ban foreigners from the coffee shops that have become famous for selling legal marijuana. Locals will still be able to visit, but a court on Friday approved a national ban on outsiders being served in the cafes. Some government officials and shopkeepers, however, are upset by the new ban.
The game show is giving rejected asylum seekers the chance to win money to start a new life after being deported.