The road map out of the war in Afghanistan is expected to be drawn up by U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders when they gather at the NATO summit.

Robin Gibb, who soared to fame with his brothers as 1970s band the Bee Gees, dies after a long battle with cancer. He was 62.

European leaders are drawing up a series of crisis-fighting proposals to raise at an informal EU summit this week that have in the past been rejected by Germany putting further pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel.