Seventy-five Kurdish refugees in limbo on a UK military base in Cyprus for 17 years are hoping a judicial review will give them permission to settle in Britain.
Libya's rival parliaments will sign a peace accord on Wednesday that would see the birth of a national unity government and an end to almost five years of civil war.
Iran's health minister warned that swine flu was likely to spread to Tehran, after the H1N1 virus killed 28 people in Iran's Kerman province and five in Sistan-Baluchistan.
The growth in global demand for crude will slow next year, as the allure of cheap oil fades and high stockpile levels provide a degree of comfort, say international experts.
In a resolution, EU lawmakers called on the bloc's member states to grant protection to US whistle-blower Snowden as a 'human rights defender' and consequently prevent extradition by third parties.