A pact that helped the tech giants and others send personal data from the EU to the US has been ruled invalid.

The EU is beginning a new operation to intercept boats smuggling migrants across the southern Mediterranean.

East European member countries of the European Union (EU) have effectively scuttled the whole issue of significant Syrian migration to the common market.

The European Union has condemned killings of two foreigners in Bangladesh.

Amid delay by Australia to fly for Bangladesh over fear of militant attacks, Home Minister Kamal says all sorts of security measures will be taken ahead of the Australia-Bangladesh Test series scheduled to begin on October 9.

The welcome smiles of cheering crowds have started to wear off. Islamophobia has gripped Europe's Catholic societies. The influx of Muslim refugees has become a hot agenda for extreme right wing parties in Germany, France and Britain.

European Union leaders pledge another €1bn (£700m, $1.1bn) to help UN agencies support Syrian refugees in the Middle East, as part of renewed efforts to tackle the EU's migrant crisis.

European Union leaders will gather for an emergency summit on the migration crisis, a day after ministers forced through a controversial deal to relocate 120,000 refugees in a major blow to unity within the bloc.

European Union ministers are to meet to try to resolve a dispute over how to relocate 120,000 asylum seekers who have recently arrived in Europe.

Croatia closes seven of its eight road border crossings with Serbia following a huge influx of migrants.

Tens of thousands of people have taken part in a "day of action" in several European cities - and in Australia - in support of refugees and migrants.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban calls on the European Union to give Syria's neighbours €3bn (£2.2bn; $3.4bn) in financial aid to help those displaced by the civil war.

Record numbers of migrants streams through the Balkans into Hungary on Thursday, forcing Austria to suspend cross-border train services as Europe remained bitterly divided over how to cope with the refugee crisis.

Austria says it is planning to phase out special measures that have allowed thousands of migrants to travel freely from Hungary to Western Europe.

A convoy of cars driven by German and Austrian activists crosses into Hungary to pick up migrants and help them reach western Europe.

Around 2,000 refugees have arrived at Austria's border from Hungary, and the numbers could more than double through the day, Austrian police say.

EU nations must accept up to 200,000 refugees as part of a "common strategy" to replace their "piecemeal" approach to the migrant crisis, the UN says.

Thousands of migrants are arriving in mainland Greece as the government prepares for talks on tackling the huge number of people reaching its shores.

Three people have been arrested in Libya on suspicion of involvement in launching a boat packed with migrants.

The vast majority of carbon credits generated by Russia and Ukraine did not represent cuts in emissions, according to a new study.