British Prime Minister Theresa May will visit Germany's Angela Merkel Tuesday as she works to salvage her Brexit deal, the day after delaying a parliamentary vote on it to avoid a crushing defeat.

Nobel laureates Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad called on the world to protect victims of wartime sexual violence in their Peace Prize acceptance speeches on Monday, slamming indifference to the plight of women and children in conflict.

One thousand-plus asylum seekers being held by Australia in offshore detention centres are suing Canberra, alleging they have suffered torture and human rights abuses.

The electoral bloc of Armenia's acting prime minister Nikol Pashinyan won a landslide victory in Sunday's snap parliamentary elections, which were triggered by the reformist leader seeking to cement his political authority in the country.

President Emmanuel Macron will address the nation on the "yellow vest" crisis today and meet trade unionists and business leaders in search of a way to end the protests that have rocked France.

The Eiffel Tower, the Louvre museum and scores of shops on the Champs-Elysees are set to close as authorities warned on Thursday of fresh violence this weekend during protests which have ballooned into the biggest crisis of Emmanuel Macron's presidency.

Western donors said on Thursday they have pledged 2.4 billion euros (US$2.7 billion) in funding aimed at preventing terrorism and lawlessness along the southern rim of the Sahara.

Syria's President on Thursday announced a budget for 2019 of almost US$9 billion, of which around a third has been allocated to investment projects including in areas ravaged by the war.

The tiny EU country of Luxembourg is seeking to make travel free on its trains, trams and buses as part of efforts to reduce traffic congestion and air pollution.