South Korea says the U.S. special envoy for North Korea has met with Seoul’s presidential national security adviser to discuss a planned second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

France’s Defense Ministry says French armed forces have intervened in northern Chad and launched airstrikes at an armed group coming in from Libya.

European Union investigators are starting a weeklong visit to Poland after reports that sick cows were illegally slaughtered and thousands of kilograms (pounds) of the meat were exported to more than a dozen countries.

The Latest on Venezuela’s political crisis (all times local):

At least seven people died in a powerful car bomb explosion in Somalia’s capital Monday, said a senior police officer.

Spain, France and Sweden have all announced that they are recognizing Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country’s interim president and are urging him to hold a new presidential election.

Protesters have rallied in more than a dozen Russian cities and towns against waste management plans that foresee Moscow sending its trash to poorer — and often pristine — northern areas.

Candidates in Thailand’s first general election since the military seized power in 2014 have begun registering, as supporters wave banners and chant slogans in public political activity that until recently was illegal.

The Latest on Pope Francis’s visit to the United Arab Emirates (all times local):

Bella Alarie starred on Broadway.