The Arab League issued Syria a Sunday deadline to sign an initiative to end the bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters, Qatar state media reported.

Yemen's vice president announced Sunday the formation of a military council of 14 members whose duties will be to stabilize the country and reform the military, a senior official in the vice president's office told CNN.

Life has come to a standstill in the western German city of Koblenz, where 45,000 people — nearly half of the city´s population — have been evacuated after the discovery of several dangerous World War II bombs.