Croatia, once part of old socialist federal Yugoslavia, is under EU pressure to overhaul its public sector and liberalize its economy.

The banknote release comes in the same month that the ruble has hit an all-time low versus the U.S. dollar.

Beijing saw its second red alert over the weekend. The latest wave of alerts includes the industrial port Tianjin.

HRW said Nigeria's army version of events "does not stack up" and called for an independent judicial investigation into what happened.

Damascus perceived a softening of the West's stance on Assad driven by a spillover of Islamic State militant attacks into its own communities.

The unanimously resolution made clear that Libya's future unity government should be the sole representative for the North African country.

"Support troops have been airdropped at a distance... but all roads are blocked and in the militants' control," a police officer added.

There has been an upsurge in violence between Israelis and Palestinians in the past three months; 21 Israelis and 131 Palestinians have been killed.

Support for Saakashvili's National Movement has risen and some recent polls indicated that it has caught up with the Georgian Dream.

The current Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, a former South Korean foreign minister, is due to step down at the end of 2016.