US warplanes launched air strikes against a suspected Islamic State training camp in western Libya on February 19, killing more than 40 people, likely including a militant connected to two deadly attacks last year in neighboring Tunisia.

President Barack Obama will meet dissidents and President Raul Castro in Cuba next month, the White House said on February 18, announcing a historic trip that will be another major step toward ending decades of animosity between former Cold War foes.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) recently launched satellite is once again tumbling in orbit, after stabilizing briefly, according to a US official and other sources.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu blamed a Syrian Kurdish militia fighter working with Kurdish militants inside Turkey for a suicide car bombing that killed 28 people in the capital Ankara, and he vowed retaliation in both Syria and Iraq.

Trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered five besieged areas of Syria scheduled for deliveries on February 17 in a UN-backed deal to deliver help to thousands of trapped residents, the United Nations said.

Twenty-eight people were killed and dozens wounded in Turkey's capital Ankara on February 17 when a car laden with explosives detonated next to military buses near the armed forces' headquarters, parliament and other government buildings.

Britain Prime Minister David Cameron will hold 'now or never' talks on February 18 to keep Britain in the European Union, with the bloc's 28 leaders suggesting there are only a few obstacles left to a new membership deal.

Turkey, Saudi Arabia and some European allies want ground troops deployed in Syria as a Russian-backed government advance nears NATO's southeastern border, Turkey's foreign minister said, but Washington has so far ruled out a major offensive.

The Syrian government has approved access to seven besieged areas and UN convoys are expected to set off in days, the United Nations said on February 16 after crisis talks in Damascus.

European Council leader Donald Tusk said an EU summit in Brussels on February 18 will be crucial for the future of the bloc, with talks to keep Britain in the EU at critical moment.