Children have long complained about homework but parents in Spain are now joining in and have decided to go on strike against

President Vladimir Putin has ordered a 10-hour truce on Friday in the war-ravaged Syrian city of Aleppo, the Russian

Spain's conservative leader Mariano Rajoy was sworn in yesterday for a second term as prime minister, bringing a close to 10

Italy's most powerful earthquake in 36 years struck a new blow to the country's seismically vulnerable heart yesterday,

Turkish authorities have fired over 10,000 additional civil servants as the government presses a crackdown over the failed July

French authorities yesterday stepped up work to finish demolition of an almost deserted Calais "Jungle" as more than 100 French

President Francois Hollande yesterday acknowledged that France bore "broad responsibility" for the internment of thousands

In yet another honour for Bangladesh cinema, Abu Shahed Emon directed Jalaler Golpo wins the Grand Prix - Silver Akbuzat Best Film at the Third International Festival of National and Ethnic Cinema in the Russian city of Ufa.

Migrant deaths worldwide this year have surged above 5,200 -- a 20 percent increase on 2015 -- driven by record fatalities in the

Turkish authorities ordered the detention of 73 air force pilots as part of the probe into the group blamed for July's

Nearly three-fifths of all animals with a backbone -- fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals -- have been wiped out since 1970 by human appetites and activity, according to a grim study released yesterday.

The European Parliament yesterday awarded its Sakharov Prize to Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar, two Iraqi

The French aid group Doctors without Borders (MSF) said yesterday it had found a pile of 25 migrants who died in

Paul Beatty has became the first US author to win the Man Booker Prize for his novel "The Sellout", which the novelist said should not be read as a "mono-directional" take on race.

Russia is reinforcing its Baltic Fleet in Kaliningrad with two small warships armed with long-range cruise missiles to counter what it sees as a worrying Nato build-up in the region, Russia's daily Izvestia reported yesterday.

A year-long training programme to help parents communicate with their very young autistic children reduced symptoms of the disorder up to six years later, according to a follow-up analysis.

The EU yesterday moved to prolong border controls in the passport-free Schengen area for three months, which was imposed

At least 10 people were hurt in a blast yesterday at a car park in an office building in the southern Turkish city of Antalya, local

The death toll on the Mediterranean has nearly matched that of all last year, with more than 3,740 migrants and refugees having

France began clearing the sprawling "Jungle" migrant camp in Calais yesterday, with hundreds carrying suitcases queuing