News of the day from across the globe, May 18

International law enforcement agencies say smuggling networks cashing in on the huge flow of refugees into Europe had an estimated turnover last year of up to $6 billion.

A summary released at The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday of a joint Europol and Interpol report also warned “there is an increased risk that foreign terrorist fighters may use migratory flows” to sneak into Europe.

3 Libya fighting: A Libyan militia spokesman says militias from the western city of Misrata are battling Islamic State militants and have seized vital checkpoints after a brief takeover by the Islamic State.

President Enrique Peña Nieto proposed Tuesday to legalize same-sex marriage in Mexico, a move that would enshrine on a national level a Supreme Court ruling last year that it was unconstitutional for states to bar such couples from wedding.

Speaking at an event on the International Day Against Homophobia, Peña Nieto said he signed initiatives that would seek to add same-sex marriage provisions to Mexico’s Constitution and the national civil code.

Peña Nieto said he would seek to reform Article 4 of the Constitution to clearly reflect the Supreme Court opinion “to recognize as a human right that people can enter into marriage without any kind of discrimination.”

Members of the Economic Freedom Fighters party were bundled out of parliament in Cape Town on Tuesday after they said Zuma himself should leave because of corruption allegations against him.