Germany’s plans to tighten sick-note rules may be mistaking the symptoms of rising absenteeism for the underlying illness, researchers say, pointing to mental health strains and deteriorating working conditions in sectors such ​as healthcare and education.

Wildfires advanced towards the outskirts of the historic French city of Bordeaux, at ​the heart of the country’s winelands, as France and Spain battled blazes that have already forced the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people.

German police said ​a 21-year-old man with a record of Islamist extremist activity was shot dead on Sunday, a day after he allegedly drove a minivan into people near ‌Berlin’s Pride celebrations, killing one person.

Myanmar’s military has sharply escalated attacks on civilians since a new administration took office in the war-torn country, a conflict monitor said, even as regional governments ramp up diplomatic engagement.

Five Bosnian climbers died on Russia’s ​Mount Elbrus, the highest mountain in Europe, after being caught in a violent storm.

China evacuated stranded tourists from the UNESCO World Heritage site of Jiuzhaigou after mudslides triggered by heavy rain.

Nur is a 12-year-old Rohingya Muslim refugee in Malaysia who has stopped going to school since June, after two men threatened to beat her on her way to class.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said ​on Saturday that Russia wanted to bring ‌in 30,000 North Korean troops.

A federal appeals court on Saturday declined to allow U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to implement in ​23 states his executive order that aims to tighten rules for mail-in voting ahead of November elections that will decide control of Congress.

When raging wildfires threatened Mohammed Laabar’s hometown in southwestern France on Friday, he and his wife gathered their three-year-old son, grabbed a pre-prepared survival kit and fled to nearby Bordeaux.

A vehicle is believed to have charged into ​a crowd near Berlin’s Pride celebrations on ‌Saturday evening, injuring several people, Berlin police said, adding that a manhunt had been launched for possible ​perpetrators.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry condemned on Saturday a Ukrainian attack on an Iranian commercial vessel in the ​Caspian Sea, saying it resulted in an explosion that killed ‌one sailor and injured another.