A Greek government official said Wednesday that there was no sign yet that a deal between the European Union and Turkey to stop migrants coming to Europe has faltered since the attempted military coup in the country.
France's Interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve has promised to maintain as many summer events as possible despite some cancellations for security reasons following recent attacks in the country.
A top Indian official has arrived in Saudi Arabia and has met with the kingdom's labor minister to discuss ways to help thousands of Indian laborers who say they have not been paid their wages in months and are stranded with no way out of the kingdom.
There was a record number of refugees and migrants who applied for asylum in Europe last year -- a 122 percent increase from 2014, the Pew Research Center reported Tuesday.
The United Nations Children's Fund says it is "extremely" concerned for the safety and wellbeing of children caught up in the violence engulfing the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, including the eastern neighborhoods under government siege.
Italy's interior minister says a Syrian man has been detained in Genoa on suspicion he intended to join an extremist group in his homeland for the "purpose of international terrorism." Minister Angelino Alfano said in a statement Wednesday the suspect was detained under recent legislation that forbids joining a terrorist group.
A Belgian court has ruled that a man charged with participating in a terrorist group and planning to kill people will be kept behind bars for another month as investigation of the case continues.
Burundi's government has rejected the proposed deployment of up to 228 United Nations police to the East African nation to monitor human rights abuses and calm violence.
A video purportedly by Egypt's Islamic State affiliate has delivered a threat to Israel, saying the Jewish state will soon "pay a high price." The 35-minute video, posted on social media this week, also purports to show footage of alleged attacks by IS militants against Egyptian security forces in the Sinai Peninsula.
Six candidates are competing to lead Britain's right-wing U.K. Independence Party, which was a key force in the country's vote to leave the European Union.
Youssef Chahed, a minister in the previous government, says he has been nominated as the country's new prime minister, a decision that must be approved by parliament.