A seventh-grader was arrested after calling police and admitting to the schoolyard shooting, police said.

Kosovo and Serbia are given a March deadline to decide whether they want to normalize relations or face the repercussions.

Protesting Serbs have begun dismantling border barricades in northern Kosovo.

Serbian armed forces are put put on the "highest level of combat readiness" on the border with Kosovo amid increasingly strained relations between the two neighboring countries over recent shootings and blockades.

Protesters march through the Serbian capital Belgrade in support of ethnic Serbs who have been blocking main roads in Kosovo in protest against the arrest of a former ethnic Serb police officer.

The Iranian foreign minister says Tehran extends its hand of friendship to all countries in the Balkan region.

Brazil have kicked off their World Cup journey by beating resilient Serbia in Group G.