Clashes bring Greek isle near 'verge of explosion'

Fresh clashes erupted between police and migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos on Monday night, which authorities said was "on the verge of explosion," as Britain and France pledged to accept tens of thousands more refugees from the record influx.

Children face hard road on way to Sweden

About 700 refugee children are arriving in Sweden every week without their parents, many injured in accidents and some bearing the physical and psychological scars of beatings or rape by their smugglers.

Truce holds, but peace deal falters

Fighting has died down in east Ukraine since a new truce began, but Kiev has not moved forward on other provisions of a peace plan brokered by Germany and France, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.

500m euros pledged to farmers

The European Union decided on Monday to present a comprehensive package of measures worth 500 million euros ($560 million) to support farmers.

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Talks resume on family reunions

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea started talks on Monday on resuming the reunions of families separated by the Korean War, Seoul officials said.

BBC works on broadcasting radio news service into DPRK, source says

The BBC plans to launch a radio news service for broadcast into the Democratic People's Republic of Korea as part of an expansion of its World Service offering, a source told AFP on Saturday.

Garbage crisis underscores government's dysfunction

The overpowering stench of the trash piling up in Lebanon's streets has become a potent symbol of the political rot protesters blame not only for the garbage crisis but a gridlocked government unable to meet citizens' most basic needs, including electricity, water, health and education.

Mother of killed West Bank toddler dies of her injuries

The mother of a Palestinian toddler killed in a July arson attack in the Israeli-occupied West Bank died on Monday of her burns, the third fatality after her husband succumbed to his injuries last month.

President claims attacks on police carried out by Islamic State loyalists

Tajikistan's leader said on Sunday that attacks on police were staged by militants sharing the views of Islamic State and aiming to undermine rule in the Muslim nation, local media reported.

Military jets strike PKK targets after major attack

Turkey's military said on Monday its warplanes bombarded Kurdistan Workers' Party targets overnight after the militants staged a deadly attack in which 16 Turkish soldiers were reportedly killed.

Gulf nations face questions over unwillingness to accept Syrians

As hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees languish in camps or risk their lives to reach Europe, questions are being asked about why wealthy Gulf states have accepted so few.