Refugees seek new routes into Balkans after borders sealed

After weeks stranded at a closed border in northern Greece, migrants and refugees are seeking out new, irregular routes to get into Macedonia, clambering through forests and over hills under the cover of darkness.

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Obama casts doubt on post-EU deal

President says UK would not get preferential treatment over bloc in negotiating new pact

Rural community rattled by killings

Residents of the rural southern Ohio community of Piketon are rattled by a rare major crime that took the lives of eight members of a tight-knit family known in the area as hard workers.

Govt revokes passport of tycoon who owes $1b

India on Sunday revoked the passport of a flamboyant Indian businessman accused of fleeing to London in March while owing more than a $1 billion to Indian banks.

Pyongyang says it fired ballistic missile from submarine

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea announced on Sunday that it had successfully launched a ballistic missile from a submarine, the official Korean Central News Agency reported.

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Banks offer passport to integration

Demand for accounts is huge given number of refugees flooding into Germany

No place like home, even in Chernobyl

Some people found life away from home so unbearable they decided to return, even when home was the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster.

Solar-powered airplane completes ocean crossing

A solar-powered airplane landed in California on Saturday, completing a risky, three-day flight across the Pacific Ocean as part of its journey around the world.

Politician sets river on fire to protest fracking practice

An Australian politician has set fire to a river to draw attention to methane gas he says is seeping into the water due to fracking, with the dramatic video attracting more than millions of views.

Nation marks 1 year since quake

Frustration mounts as millions still in tents and reconstruction lags