European Union leaders will on Monday back closing down the Balkans route used by most migrants to reach Europe, diplomats said, after at least 25 more people drowned trying to cross the Aegean Sea en route to Greece.

EU president Donald Tusk strikes an unusually upbeat note on the migrant crisis as Turkey raised the possibility of taking back non-Syrian asylum seekers.

The European Union is preparing to spend hundreds of millions of euros on humanitarian aid, as Greece struggles to cope with an influx of migrants.

The UK government has been warned to drastically reduce air pollution or face renewed legal action.

EU ministers meet in Brussels later amid warnings the migrant crisis could threaten the bloc's survival.

A total of 42 migrants are reported to have drowned overnight in two separate shipwrecks in the Aegean Sea.

Germany and several other nations are to discuss with Turkey ways of settling thousands of Syrian refugees ahead of the final EU summit of the year.

By the end of this week it could be illegal for any European child under the age of 16 to use social media without the consent of their parents.

Controversial plans for an EU Border and Coast Guard force are to be set out as part of an EU drive to curb the record influx of migrants.

France's far-right National Front fails to win a single region in the second round of municipal elections, preliminary results show.

The European Union launches a forum bringing together Internet firms like Google, Facebook and Twitter as well as law enforcement agencies to combat online extremism.

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed says a council would be formed soon to boost business between Bangladesh and European countries.

Turkey and the European Union agreed at a summit on a "historic" three-billion-euro ($3.2 billion) aid deal to stem the flow of Syrian refugees and other migrants to Europe.

Germany will do more in the fight against Islamic State militants, Chancellor Angela Merkel has said.

Belgium raises alert status for its capital Brussels to the highest level on Saturday, shutting the metro and warning the public to avoid crowds because of a "serious and imminent" threat of an attack.

Belgium raises its terror alert to the highest level in the capital Brussels on Saturday, with the OCAM national crisis centre warning of an "imminent threat" a week after the Paris attacks.

EU ministers agrees to get tough on border security after the devastating Paris attacks, as prosecutors said a third body had been found following a police raid on the ringleader's hideout.

The Bulgarian authorities are accused of brutality towards migrants in a new report sponsored by the British charity Oxfam.

Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, whose flogging sentence caused an outcry, has been awarded the European Parliament's Sakharov human rights prize.

EU Ambassador to Bangladesh Pierre Mayaudon has urged Bangladesh to ensure thorough investigation and bring the Hossaini Dalan bomb attackers to justice.