Syrians find troubled homes in Egypt

Medecins Sans Frontieres International says European governments are contributing to "the manufacturing of suffering at an industrial level" in Libyan detention centres.

The key to unlocking EU integration in the Western Balkans lies in the EU treaty - abolition of the unanimity rule on enlargement.

A majority of the parliament's food safety committee adopted a text that warned of an increased risk of "radioactive contaminated food" from Japan, but one MEP said the text was full of "alternative facts".

The only viable option to avoid a revival of the war involves keeping the Ukraine conflict frozen with only partial implementation of the Minsk accords.

A UN group on lethal autonomous weapons was cancelled because of a lack of cash. European late payers include Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Portugal, and Luxembourg.

A Kenyan court decision to nullify presidential elections should not call into question the usefulness of international election observation.

Turkish foreign minister said German chancellor's call to end EU accession talks was "same rhetoric as racist parties".

Britain has declared it will protect Nordic and Baltic states from "Russian antagonism" after it left the EU. Nato "unity" will "never be broken" it said.

German leader promised to shut down Turkey's EU accession talks and defended her open-door refugee policy in a pre-election TV duel.

The EU will have invested €3 billion in the European security research programme by 2020, but EU security policy needs to stop prioritising corporate domination and technological determinism.

Estonia's EU presidency has reserved the right to ban Russian media from its events if it deemed them guilty of "subversive activities".

The French president hosted a mini-summit with leaders from Chad, Libya and Niger, along with Germany, Italy and Spain. Among the proposals is a plan to set up safe zones in Niger and Chad to initiate asylum claims.