The U.S. secretary of state will also visit Qatar and Saudi Arabia. The latter has joined three other countries in isolating tiny Qatar. The shuttle diplomacy marks a shift in approach for Tillerson.
After a meeting in Kiev between President Petro Poroshenko and NATO's secretary general, the Ukrainian leader pledged reforms aimed at qualifying his country for the western alliance by 2020.
Cardinal George Pell, a high-ranking figure at the Vatican, is taking a leave of absence to return to his home country for a trial over allegations of "historical sex abuse."
Bakari Henderson, a recent college graduate, was assaulted by a group of people outside a bar and died of his injuries. Two employees of the bar have reportedly been charged with murder.
Haider al-Abadi says ISIS has been driven from its Mosul stronghold, but the prime minister must now knit together a country riven by sectarian tensions and foreign sponsors.
Rome is home to more public drinking fountains — nearly 3,000 — than any other city in the world. But the city is turning off the taps as Italy faces a severe drought.
The United Kingdom won't actually leave the European Union until 2019, but there are already signs British employers could lose crucial foreign workers, from university professors to apple pickers.