Germany unveils plans to add Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia to its list of safe countries, as it tightens rules on dealing with an influx of migrants.

A man arrested carrying two guns at a hotel near Disneyland Paris tells French police he was armed because he feared for his safety.

A Brazilian group is to ask the country's supreme court to allow abortions for women with the Zika virus as it spreads to other countries.

An Oxford University college decides to retain a statue of 19th Century British imperialist Cecil Rhodes, in the face of a campaign calling for its removal.

Robert "LaVoy" Finicum, the Oregon militiaman killed by police on Tuesday, reached for a handgun before he was shot, the FBI says.

Syria's opposition says it will not attend talks in Geneva on a political solution to the war in the country while the UN insists they are going ahead.

In a surprise move, the Bank of Japan introduces a negative interest rate to counter the ongoing economic slump in the world's third-largest economy.

A rights group says it has found possible mass graves in Burundi's capital, where security forces are accused of killing scores of people in December.