Europe

The bill automatically pardons men convicted under Scotland's longtime ban on same-sex relations, which wasn't repealed until 1980. Lawmakers vowed to send a "message that these laws were unjust."

The U.K. began its community sponsorship program for Syrians in 2016. Some refugees who arrived earlier have helped newcomers settle in — and are persuading Welsh communities to open their doors.

Amnesty International alleges that during last year's successful campaign to dislodge ISIS from the Syrian city, the coalition's airstrikes were "either disproportionate or indiscriminate or both."

If the death toll is confirmed, it would reportedly be this year's deadliest shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea.

FIFA says its website is the "only official and legitimate" way to get the tickets. But the World Cup final is a hot ticket on ticket reseller Viagogo's site, costing up to nearly $14,100.

Catherine Healy has spent more than 30 years as an activist and was instrumental in drafting legislation that legalized prostitution in New Zealand. Now she's becoming a dame.

Abortion rights supporters are calling for an end to Northern Ireland's stringent abortion ban, after Ireland voted to repeal a constitutional amendment banning most abortions. But with no functioning government in Belfast, it's up to British Prime Minister Theresa May to push through abortion reforms in British-ruled Northern Ireland.