Greece has asked the EU for help managing and registering migrants, as thousands remain stranded on its border with Macedonia.

One of the first police to respond to Wednesday's deadly shooting at a California social services centre describes scenes of "unspeakable" carnage.

Germany's parliament is to vote on whether the country should provide military support in the fight against Islamic State militants in Syria.

Floodwaters start receding from parts of the southern Indian city of Chennai days after it experienced a respite from rain.

Coldplay are to headline the half-time show at Super Bowl 50 - with Chris Martin describing it as the "greatest moment" in the band's career.

A petition demanding the return of the Koh-i-Noor diamond, one of the British Royal Family's Crown Jewels, has been filed in a Pakistan court, reports say.

US singer Scott Weiland, former frontman of Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, is found dead as his band were due to perform at a concert in Minnesota.

Sixteen people have been killed in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, after firebombs were thrown into a restaurant after a dispute, officials say.