The Russian president on Wednesday offered a new unilateral humanitarian pause for Syria's war-ravaged Aleppo, urging rebels to use it to leave the city's eastern, besieged districts, but the rebels quickly dismissed Vladimir Putin's initiative.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is assuring Switzerland it shouldn't worry that Britain's vote to leave the European Union will complicate its own negotiations with Brussels on immigration curbs.
Hundreds of people have come to Sarajevo from the southern town of Stolac, demanding a rerun of their municipal election which was halted by claims of irregularities and violent disruptions.
Iceland's president has asked the center-right Independence Party to form a government after it won the biggest share of votes in the country's election.
Two Pakistani officials and an Indian spokesman say Pakistan has withdrawn six of its diplomats working at the Pakistani embassy in New Delhi amid increasing tension between the two countries over the disputed Kashmir territory.
A Pakistani prosecutor says a court has dismissed a bail plea from National Geographic's famed green-eyed 'Afghan Girl,' arrested a week ago over allegedly forged ID papers.
Malta's foreign minister says the southern European Union nation decided on its own — and not under EU pressure — to withdraw permission for a Russian tanker to refuel in Malta last week.
All 33 coal miners trapped underground in a gas explosion earlier this week have been found dead, state media reported Wednesday, as work safety officials vowed to punish those responsible.
Men caught in the grip of the Islamic State terror network cannot shave their beards, and must obey the decisions of a senior cleric over how to share their sex slaves.