German Chancellor Angela Merkel will host Russian President Vladimir Putin outside Berlin on Saturday for discussions about the war in Syria, ongoing violence in eastern Ukraine and energy issues, a German government spokesman said.
A number of people have been injured after a car crashed into security barriers outside the Houses of Parliament, Scotland Yard say.
More than 300 people have been injured, five seriously, after a section of wooden platform collapsed at an urban sports and music festival in Spain.
At least 29 children have been killed and 30 wounded in a Saudi-led coalition air strike in Yemen, the International Committee of the Red Cross says.
Three Palestinians are reported to have been killed in a series of Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip, after militants there fired dozens of rockets into southern Israel.
Australia's most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), is now entirely in drought, officials have confirmed.
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has hit out at the United States over its reinstatement of economic sanctions.
At least 37 people have died after a powerful earthquake hit the Indonesian island of Lombok, officials say.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro says the perpetrators of what he says was an assassination attempt against him will face "maximum punishment".
US President Donald Trump has ramped up his attacks on the Russia investigation by demanding it end "right now".
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.