BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Thursday it was looking into whether to take action against former EU commissioner Neelie Kroes for failing to declare a directorship of an offshore firm in the Bahamas.

LONDON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Three former senior executives of Tesco, Britain's biggest retailer, will plead not guilty to fraud and false accounting charges, their lawyers said as the men appeared in court for the first time since being charged earlier this month.

MILAN, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Airy, ethereal and delicate designs filled the catwalk in Luisa Beccaria's show on Thursday as models took the role of water nymphs on the second day of Milan's fashion week.

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Six people were wounded, five of them children, when a rocket hit the Turkish border town of Kilis on Thursday, the local governor, Ismail Catakli, said in a statement.

(Reuters) - UnitedHealth Group , the largest U.S. health insurer, will stop covering several brand-name drugs as of next year, reinforcing a trend of payers steering prescriptions to lower-priced options.

LONDON (Reuters) - A new drug to treat a rare inherited bone disorder that was developed by Alexion Pharmaceuticals and could cost up to 1.5 million pounds ($2 million) a year per patient has been cleared for limited use by Britain's health cost watchdog.

BEIRUT, Sept 22 (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview with AP News broadcast on Thursday that Syria's war will "drag on" as long as it is part of a global conflict funded and interfered in by other countries.

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia has arrested 16 people suspected of trafficking refugees from the Middle East, Asia and Africa, as part of increased efforts to stem the flow of illegal migrants trying to reach Western Europe, the interior ministry said on Thursday.

LEICESTER, England (Reuters) - Lifelong Manchester United fan Danny Simpson says champions Leicester City will go for broke at Old Trafford on Saturday, underlining coach Claudio Ranieri's philosophy.