Security forces cleared more than 1,000 people from a sprawling migrant camp in the French capital yesterday, the latest in a series of

A couple who duped their daughter into travelling to Bangladesh to marry her cousin and threatened to "chop her up" when she refuses is found guilty of forced marriage yesterday, the second conviction in Britain within a week.

A prominent Russian journalist and critic of President Vladimir Putin is shot dead in Ukraine where he had fled into exile following threats, police say.

Mamoudou Gassama, the 22-year-old Malian "Spiderman" feted for saving a child hanging from a balcony, took his first step toward

The Kremlin said yesterday that US Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US

British MPs probing sexual abuse in the international charitable sector are investigating an unpublished UN report from 2001 naming 15 major aid organisations implicated in a "sex-for-food" scandal, The Times newspaper reported yesterday.

Rival Libyan factions yesterday agreed on a declaration that would create a political framework to pave the way for UN-backed elections in December to end the country's seven-year-old conflict.

Doctors in Britain who treated former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter following their March poisoning in Salisbury have said they initially feared the pair would not recover.

A gunman kills two police officers and a passer-by on Tuesday before being shot dead in the centre of the Belgian city of Liege, public broadcaster Radio Television Belge Francophone (RTBF) says on its website and authorities says terrorism could not be ruled out as a motive.

The European Union yesterday proposed a bloc-wide ban on single-use plastics such as straws, cutlery and cotton buds while urging the collection of most plastic drinks bottles by 2025.

Germany is worried by signs of weakening in the network of multilateral organisations and agreements designed to foster international cooperation, Chancellor Angela Merkel said yesterday.

Italy's president set the country on a path back to fresh elections yesterday, appointing a former International Monetary Fund official as interim prime minister with the task of planning for snap polls and passing the next budget.

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo praises the heroism of a Malian immigrant who scaled the facade of a four-storey building in the north of capital to save a child hanging from a ledge, saying the city will support his effort to settle in France.

Spain's maritime rescue service yesterday said it had rescued 532 migrants who were attempting the perilous crossing of the

At least 26 Syrian regime forces and nine Russian fighters were killed in an Islamic State group attack earlier this week in Syria's eastern desert, a

Around 1,500 migrants were rescued in the Mediterranean on Thursday and Friday in operations involving the Italian navy and ships chartered by

Still looking for the secret to effortless weight loss? It may be as simple as chewing gum while walking, Japanese researchers suggested

EU negotiator Michel Barnier yesterday urged Britain to stop playing "hide and seek" in Brexit talks as the two sides traded blame over

Ireland has voted by a landslide to liberalise some of the world's most restrictive abortion laws in what its prime minister described as

Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday called on his new government to work to bring about "change in all areas of life".