The co-pilot of the Germanwings Airbus A320 that crashed in the French Alps has been named by French authorities as German national Andreas Lubitz.

Britain's top court yesterday overruled the government to allow the publication of a series of letters from Prince Charles to ministries, in a

Four people were killed and 20 injured when a passenger bus hit a landmine near a government-controlled town in eastern Ukraine, local officials said yesterday.

The co-pilot of the Germanwings plane that crashed into the French Alps on Tuesday appears to want to "destroy the plane"

Relatives and friends of the 150 passengers and crew on Germanwings Flight 4U 9525 are due to go to the crash site high in the French Alps.

Italy's top court has put back a ruling on Amanda Knox's murder conviction to Friday, delaying what could be the final act of an eight-

The BBC announced yesterday that it was dropping one of its most popular presenters, "Top Gear" host Jeremy Clarkson, after he verbally

French, Spanish and German leaders yesterday visited a makeshift rescue base near the site of the Germanwings air crash, as investigators stepped up their probe into the mysterious disaster that killed 150. French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel flew over the crash site to see the devastation for themselves before meeting rescue workers outside the crisis centre set up on Tuesday after the worst crash in France in four decades.

A cockpit voice recorder badly damaged when a German jetliner smashed into an Alpine mountainside and a crucial two-minute span when the pilot lost contact are vital clues into what caused the plane to go down, killing all 150 people on board

2014 - July 17: UKRAINE - Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, a Boeing 777 flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, is shot down over a

A Dutch meat trader is facing trial for allegedly selling 300 tonnes of horsemeat as beef, which is one of Europe's largest food scandals.

A bronze bust of Russian president Vladimir Putin – in the style of a Roman emperor – will be unveiled next month to honour his

It was a miracle! Or maybe not. The dried blood of Naples' patron saint Januarius half-liquified Saturday during a ceremony when Pope

Russia has threatened to target Denmark's warships with nuclear weapons if the Scandinavian nation becomes a member of Nato's

Two Ukrainian soldiers and one civilian were killed in the country's rebel-held east as clashes rattled an official truce aimed at ending

British newspaper The Guardian announced Friday that Kath Viner, the head of its US operations, had been appointed to take over as

Thousands of people eke out an existence living in the streets of Rio de Janeiro, a giant city racing to overhaul itself ahead of next

Millions of people in the UK and northern Europe have glimpsed the best solar eclipse in years

Four con artists have gone on trial for allegedly duping a German businessman of 1.3 million by pretending to sell him key buildings in

Two men were killed and more than 10 were wounded after gunmen burst into a pub firing automatic weapons in a suspected gang-