Migrant crisis: Balkan states threaten border closures
Balkan countries at the front line of the migrant crisis say they could close their borders to avoid becoming buffer zones for new arrivals.
Bulgaria said it, Romania and Serbia would act if states further north, which migrants hope to reach, close their doors.
The threat comes ahead of talks between Balkan states and EU members.
Slovenia's president said his country would "act on its own before it is too late" if no solution was reached.
Prime Minister Miro Cerar had previously refused to rule out building a fence along its border with Croatia.
The International Organization for Migration said that more than 9,000 migrants arrived in Greece every day last week - the highest rate so far this year.
Tony Blair sorry for Iraq war 'mistakes' and admits conflict played role in rise of Isis
Former British PM apologises for ‘wrong’ intelligence and mistakes in planning of conflict and admits ‘elements of truth’ in claim war brought about rise of Isis
Tony Blair has apologised for aspects of the Iraq war, sparking claims of attempted “spin” ahead of the Chilcot inquiry findings.
The former UK prime minister used a US television interview – due to be broadcast by CNN Europe on Sunday – to express regret over the failure to plan properly for the aftermath of the toppling in 2003 of Saddam Hussein and the false intelligence used to justify it.
“I apologise for the fact that the intelligence we received was wrong,” he told CNN. “I also apologise for some of the mistakes in planning and, certainly, our mistake in our understanding of what would happen once you removed the regime.”
Asked by host Fareed Zakaria if the Iraq war was “the principal cause” of the rise of Islamic State, he was reported by the Mail on Sunday to have conceded: “I think there are elements of truth in that.”
Nepal earthquake: Six months on from the country's double cataclysm, the survivors tell their stories
Karen Attwood
"This is my home," says 66-year-old Panchamani Shakya (right), sitting in a pile of rubble where his house once was – overlooking the once-magnificent, now-destroyed Machhendranath Temple in Bungamati, Nepal.
The former farmer is currently living in a temporary shelter following the earthquake of 25 April and major aftershock of 12 May that killed almost 9,000 people and damaged or destroyed almost 900,000 homes.
Shakya has received just 15,000 rupees (£93.50) of the 200,000 (£1,250) promised by the government to rebuild his home and, like many people, remains confused about when and how the remaining money might arrive. Asked why he returns to his home in a square once designated a World Heritage site and which used to bustle with tourists and traders, he replies: "What else is there for me to do?"
Bali Nine lawyer joins Indonesians warning against return to Suharto censorship
Jewel Topsfield
Indonesia correspondent for Fairfax
Jakarta: Panel sessions and a film on the 1965 anti-communist massacres in Indonesia were prohibited at an international literary festival in Bali due to a 1966 government regulation banning communism and Marxism-Leninism, according to a Balinese police chief.
Gianyar police chief Farman told Fairfax Media there was also a 1999 criminal code which made the spreading of communism, Marxism and Leninism in public a punishable offence with a maximum sentence of 12 years' jail.
The censorship is unprecedented in the 12-year history of the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, billed as South-east Asia's biggest cultural and literary event.Three panels on the mass killings, Joshua Oppenheimer's film The Look of Silence and the launch of his book The Act of Livingwere all cancelled on Friday, just days before the festival was to start.
Can surveillance cameras ease the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
Jordan and Israel have agreed to install additional security cameras near holy sites at the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem, as a 'first step' to decreasing a month of violence between Israelis and Palestinians in the city.
Discussions about containing recent violence between Israelis and Palestinians in Jerusalem have led to a proposed technological solution – an increase of security cameras.
US Secretary of State John Kerry called the camera idea "an excellent suggestion."
"This will provide comprehensive visibility and transparency and that could really be a game changer in discouraging anybody from disturbing the sanctity of the holy site," Mr. Kerry said.
King Abdullah II of Jordan suggested adding security cameras to the Al-Aqsa mosque and Western Wall compound as a way to curb the recent attacks in Jerusalem has experienced in recent weeks.Planned Parenthood battle heats up after Texas raids
Activists say raids on Planned Parenthood are part of a right-wing campaign against women's reproductive rights.
Patrick Strickland | | US, Women, Politics, Human Rights, US & Canada
A struggle over Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood has spread to Texas after state authorities raided several of its clinics and demanded thousands of pages of documents, including confidential patient records.
Agents from the Texas Office of the Inspector General arrived at Planned Parenthood facilities in San Antonio, Houston, Brownsville and Dallas on Thursday, giving the organisation 24 hours to hand over patient records, billing records and personnel information.
In a statement released online, Planned Parenthood said that "the state raided Planned Parenthood's health centres looking for an excuse to justify its politically motivated actions". 
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