Turkey will find it "comforting" if the EU says it cannot be accepted as a member, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told the BBC.
It has been a difficult summer for India. Drought and a searing heat wave have affected an astonishing 330 million people across the country.
IMF chief Christine Lagarde is to stand trial in France for alleged negligence over a €404m ($438m; £294m); payment to a businessman in 2008.
US Secretary of State John Kerry is in Moscow for talks to try to bridge gaps with Russia over the political process to end Syria's civil war.
France's far-right National Front (FN) has failed to win a single region in the second round of municipal elections, preliminary results show.
French police have identified the third attacker at the Bataclan during the Paris attacks, Prime Minister Manuel Valls says.
Current affairs magazine Newsweek has relaunched its print edition. The move comes just months after the US magazine was bought by digital news company IBT Media.
Defence Ministry of Georgia continues to improve social conditions for military servicemen. Today 17 families of military received new flats in the Varketili Military Town.
Russia's unmanned Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the Moon after spinning out of control, officials say.
Donald Trump has confirmed that he will not take part in Republican presidential debates with his rivals in the race for the White House.