The Vatican will take in two Syrian refugee families as part of the effort to help those fleeing crisis in the Middle East, Pope Francis has announced.
The former chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) is pushing for a case to be opened into the "ongoing genocide" against Iraq's Yazidi community at the hands of Islamic State militants.
The jihadist group Islamic State (ISIS) has executed 91 people in Syria from July 29 to August 29 including 39 of its militants for allegations such as sorcery and betrayal.
Three young children suffering from dehydration and close to death have been rescued from a van crammed with 26 refugees from Syria, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, Austrian police said on Saturday.