Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who this month picked up no less than the 44th honorary doctorate of his political career, likes nothing more than to give one of his trademark political speeches in full academic regalia.

A California Baptist preacher has sparked uproar for praising as "great" the massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando that left 49 people dead and scores injured.

"Today, people say like, well aren't you sad that 50 sodomites died?" pastor Roger Jimenez of the Verity Baptist Church in Sacramento told his congregation during his sermon delivered on Sunday, just hours after the massacre at the Pulse nightclub in Florida.

A Pakistani girl has been killed by her brother for insisting on marrying a man of her choice, police said Tuesday, marking the country's latest gruesome "honor killing" following a string of incidents that have sparked national outrage.

French media mocked President Francois Hollande on Tuesday after he described sexual orientation as "a choice", in his reaction to the Orlando gay nightclub massacre, comments that had provoked outrage on social media.

Germany will not recognize polygamy or marriages involving minors, its justice minister said Tuesday, as concern rises over such cases amid a record influx of refugees, many from Muslim countries.

Turkish police have seized a jewel-encrusted ivory dagger said to have belonged to Libya's late leader Moammar Gadhafi and which was going to be sold for millions of dollars on the black market, Anadolu news agency reported.

Kallstadt, a tidy village in Germany's lush wine country, has plenty of things to take pride in if you ask its friendly citizens -- but Donald Trump is not one of them.

European Council President Donald Tusk warned Monday that if Britain votes to leaves the EU in next week's referendum, it could spell the "destruction" of Western political civilization.

The father of the gunman behind the Florida massacre voiced sadness that his son took it upon himself to attack the gay community, saying it was "up to God to punish homosexuals".

In a video posted on Facebook early Monday, Seddique Mateen said he was grieved by the rampage that left 49 people dead in a gay nightclub in Orlando, calling the 29-year-old killer Omar Mateen a "good and educated son".

Tributes poured in from across the world Monday for the victims of the Orlando massacre, with global landmarks swathed in rainbow colors as people rallied behind the stricken gay community.