World News Update, what you need to know

LONDON - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says Swedish prosecutors have "recklessly" cancelled a visit to London to quiz him over sexual assault allegations at the last minute.

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ATHENS - The Greek central bank has warned for the first time that the country could suffer a "painful" exit from the eurozone and even the EU if it fails to reach a bailout deal with international creditors.

BRUSSELS - EU member states have agreed to extend damaging economic sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis by another six months to the end of January 2016.

PARIS - The suspected mastermind of an attack on a Jewish restaurant in Paris in 1982 that left six people dead and 22 injured has been arrested in Jordan, a source close to the case says.

KANO, Nigeria - At least 13 people have been killed and 53 others injured in the accidental detonation of an explosive device being examined by vigilante fighters in a town in Nigeria's northeast.

BERKELEY, California - The balcony collapse that killed six college students appears to have been caused by rotted wooden beams, Berkeley's mayor has said as the victims' heartbroken relatives began arriving in California from Ireland.

BAGHDAD - The Islamic State group took the city of Ramadi because an Iraqi commander unnecessarily ordered his forces to withdraw, a senior officer in the US-led anti-jihadist coalition says.

SANAA - At least 31 people have been killed and dozens wounded in five simultaneous bombings claimed by the Islamic State group at Shi'ite mosques and offices in the Yemeni capital, medics and witnesses said.