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A German federal court has ruled that a person with a genetic abnormality who identifies as neither woman nor man can't be entered in the country's birth register under a label such as "inter" or "diverse." The plaintiff was identified by advocacy group Dritte Option only as Vanja — born in 1989 and registered as a girl.

The United Nations Children's Fund said Wednesday 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 rebel-held eastern neighborhoods under government siege.

A Turkish gay rights organization says a gay Syrian refugee has been found decapitated in Istanbul.

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Cyprus' justice minister says authorities have arrested a 28-year-old Austrian man on suspicion of having links to terrorist organizations.

Montenegro's police have arrested a Montenegrin suspected of killing at least six ethnic Albanians, including two women, in a Kosovo village in 1999.

Serbs are mourning and Croats celebrating as the Balkan rivals both mark the anniversary of a 1995 Croatian offensive that retook territories held by rebel Serbs but also triggered an exodus of hundreds of thousands of people.

Austria's interior ministry says its anti-terror units are investigating a threat from an unknown source to attack several police stations across the country.

An Israeli parole board has rejected an appeal for early release by the country's former president who is serving a prison sentence for sex crimes.

Belize was drenched with torrential rain and crews rescued dozens of stranded people as Hurricane Earl weakened to a tropical storm on Thursday.

The Latest on the U.K. central bank's stimulus measures to help the economy weather the Brexit uncertainty (all times local): 12:55 p.m.

A women's association in the city of Marseille, which has a large Muslim population, has triggered irate reactions in secular France with its plans to rent a swimming park for a day only for women, and saying they must be covered up chest to knees.

Spanish police say they have arrested a German man suspected of starting a forest fire on the Canary island of La Palma that has claimed the life of a park ranger and forced the evacuation of some 700 people.

The United Nations human rights chief says officials have documented 217 cases of sexual violence in South Sudan's capital during last month's outbreak of fighting, most of them committed by government security forces.

Kosovo's government has ratified a border demarcation agreement with neighboring Montenegro, despite disapproval from the opposition.

A minister for migration in Greece says European Union countries would not be ready to deal with another surge in migration if a deal with Turkey to limit migrant and refugee arrivals collapses.

The Bank of England has cut its key interest rate for the first time since the global financial crisis, to a new record low of 0.25 percent, as it tries to jumpstart an economy languishing since Britain's vote to leave the European Union.

Austria's chancellor has warned that Turkey is heading toward a dictatorship and is questioning the sense of continuing negotiations with it over EU membership.

The Latest on the aftermath of the failed coup attempt in Turkey (all times local): 1:30 p.m.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is vowing to go after businesses linked to a US-based Muslim cleric he accuses of having been behind Turkey's failed July 15 coup.