Iceland prime minister quits

Iceland’s president accepted the resignation of the volcanic island’s prime minister, who says a new election mostly likely will be held on November 4. Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson lost his centerright coalition after one party quit over an attempt by the prime minister’s father to help clear the name of a convicted pedophile. —

AFP A syrian refugee poses for a selfie photo with German Chancellor Angela Merkel as she continued on the poll campaign trail in Stralsund. —