Lebanon is to temporarily reopen a landfill site and set up two new sites in a bid to end an eight-month crisis over uncollected rubbish in Beirut.

Libya's UN-backed Presidential Council, in Tunis, calls on the international community to stop dealing with any rival powers within Libya.

Germans are set to vote in three regional elections seen as a test of support for Chancellor Angela Merkel's policy towards refugees.

French investigators call for medical confidentiality to be relaxed for pilots, in their final report on last year's Germanwings air crash.

Go master Lee Se-dol wins a game against Google's AlphaGo program, after losing three in a row in a best-of-five competition

Chinese industrial production slows to its weakest growth since the financial crisis, as Britain warns China's slowdown could derail the global recovery.

Eagles of Death Metal singer Jesse Hughes apologises for suggesting some Bataclan security guards may have had advance warning about the venue being attacked in Paris last year.

France says Iran could face European sanctions over its recent test launches of ballistic missiles.