Turkey and the EU welcome a nationwide truce for Syria brokered by the US and Russia but warn that further urgent action is needed.

Russia says agreement on a ceasefire deal in Syria is being held up by the United States.

At least 15 people are killed in a huge fire triggered by a boiler explosion at a packaging factory in Bangladesh.

About 1.5 million Muslims begin the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, unperturbed by a 2015 stampede which killed more than 2,000 people.

Ireland's top Olympic official Pat Hickey is formally charged by a judge in Brazil.

Making A Murderer's Brendan Dassey might not get out of prison if prosecutors manage to appeal a ruling to let him out.

Saudi Arabia's top cleric will not deliver a traditional Hajj sermon to pilgrims for the first time in 35 years, reports say.

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake kills at least 11 people and injures 192 more in northern Tanzania, authorities say.