Reuters

• Al Qaeda execute 15 in Yemen

  Al Qaeda executed 15 soldiers loyal to Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi on Saturday.

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  Panama Papers: Cameron admits he held stake in father's offshore trust

  British Prime Minister David Cameron acknowledged in a TV interview yesterday that he once had a stake in his late father's offshore trust

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  Charleston massacre: Dylann Roof trial delayed over death penalty decision

  A judge on Tuesday granted US prosecutors' request for trial delay as it considers whether to seek the death penalty for Dylann Roof.

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  Armenia warns Nagorno-Karabakh clashes could turn into all-out war

  Armenia's president warned on Monday that an outbreak of violence in breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh risked spiralling into all-out war.

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  Mass grave, thousands of mines found in Palmyra says Syrian Army

  Islamic State's defeat in Palmyra was not only a significant military victory for President Bashar al-Assad, opening up the country's central desert to government forces and their allies.

• Number of migrants and refugees entering Germany drops drastically

  Austria imposed border restrictions in February, causing a domino effect in Europe that left thousands of people - many fleeing war and violence in Syria and other countries - stranded in Greece.

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  Priest kidnapped in Yemen NOT dead - 'could be freed soon'

  Father Tom Uzhunnalil was captured from the southern Yemeni city of Aden by gunmen. Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said the government was working to secure the priest's safe return.

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  Fighting breaks out between Armenia and Azerbaijan over disputed zone

  Nagorno-Karabakh, which lies inside Azerbaijan but is controlled by ethnic Armenians, has run its own affairs with heavy military and financial backing from Armenia since a separatist war ended in 1994.

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  Protests mount before EU-Turkey migrant deal takes effect

  Hundreds of migrants and refugees on the island of Chios tore through a razor wire fence surrounding their holding center and set off for the port in protest against planned deportation, police said. Police did not immediately intervene.

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  Palmyra ruins could be saved despite ISIS devastation

  Consecrated to a Mesopotamian god, the Temple of Bel later served as a Christian church and a mosque.

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  More US Special forces could be deployed to Syria

  The proposal is among the military options being prepared for President Barack Obama, who is also weighing an increase in the number of American troops in Iraq. A White House spokeswoman declined comment.

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  Obama: 'Madmen' must not be allowed to get nuclear material

  Speaking at a nuclear security summit in Washington, Obama said the world faced a persistent and evolving threat of nuclear terrorism despite progress in reducing such risks. "We cannot be complacent," he said.