A German parliamentary assembly has elected Frank-Walter Steinmeier by an overwhelming majority to become the country's new president, AP reported.

At least four people have died in an avalanche at the ski resort of Tignes in south-eastern France, rescuers say.

Chancellor Angela Merkel hopes for progress on deporting more rejected asylum-seekers as she meets with governors of Germany's 16 states on Thursday, AP reports.

The European Union, via the REEP Plus -Regional Energy Efficiency Programme and the GGF - Green for Growth Fund - grants EUR 50 million in support of energy projects in the Western Balkan countries.

An explosion and fire have occurred at the Flamanville nuclear plant on France's northern coast but there is no nuclear risk, officials say.

US President Donald Trump told his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, during a phone call on Tuesday that Turkey is a strategic partner of the United States and an important NATO ally.

Four Turkish soldiers were killed and 13 others were injured in an attack perpetrated by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorists in Syria’s al-Bab region, according to a statement from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) on Wednesday.

Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Melih Gökçek has warned that foreign countries might be planning to trigger an artificial earthquake in Turkey’s Marmara region to cause economic destruction in the country.