French investigators probing the Germanwings plane crash called yesterday for clearer rules on the lifting of medical confidentiality if pilots show signs of psychological problems.

French investigators calls for medical confidentiality to be relaxed for pilots, in the wake of last year's Germanwings disaster.

The names of three of the Paris attackers appear in files leaked from the Islamic State militant group, according to German media reports.

EU and Turkish leaders seek to turn into a lasting accord a plan on easing Europe's migrant crisis hailed as a game-changer by Ankara and Brussels but swiftly criticised by the UN's refugee chief.

EU president Donald Tusk strikes an unusually upbeat note on the migrant crisis as Turkey raised the possibility of taking back non-Syrian asylum seekers.

Turkish police raid the offices of the opposition Zaman newspaper, hours after a court ruling places it under state control.

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch, 84, married model Jerry Hall in London yesterday after the couple announced their engagement in January, a spokesman for the

An Istanbul court yesterday ordered into administration a Turkish daily newspaper that is sharply critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, amid growing

A Turkish court yesterday sentenced two Syrian people smugglers to more than four years in prison over the drowning of Aylan Kurdi,

World leaders hailed "real progress" in Syria yesterday, but fresh air strikes showed the fragility of the week-old truce and the many obstacles still in the way of peace talks.

The emotional stress that causes chest pains and breathlessness can occur in moments of joy as well as anger, grief and fear, a Swiss study suggests.

More than 131,000 migrants and refugees reach Europe via the Mediterranean this year, more than the total number in the first half of 2015, the United Nations says.

Macedonian police fired tear gas at hundreds of Iraqi and Syrian migrants who tried to break through the country's border fence with

Swiss voters yesterday rejected a proposal to automatically deport foreign criminals for even minor offences, according to referendum results showing a majority of cantons opposed.

France has detected its first sexually transmitted case of Zika in a woman whose partner had traveled to Brazil, the epicentre of an outbreak of the virus, a senior health official says.

More needs to be done to combat "loopholes and deficiencies" in the world financial system as part of the fight against terrorism,

More than 5,000 people were stranded at the Idomeni camp on Greece's northern border with Macedonia yesterday after four Balkan

EU migration commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos yesterday warned that failure to make progress with Turkey at a March summit on

European lawmakers yesterday called for an EU arms embargo against Saudi Arabia over its military campaign in conflict-torn Yemen which has caused "thousands of deaths."

London Mayor Boris Johnson yesterday said he backed leaving the European Union, dealing a blow to Prime Minister David Cameron by giving the "out" campaign a de facto leader who is one of the most charismatic politicians in British politics.