Adam Justice

The United Nations' aid chief warned humanitarian aid is not reaching the people in Syria who are in desperate need.

Video footage discovered in a victim's mobile phone shows the last minutes of passengers during the South Korean ferry disaster.

Peaches Geldof has died aged just 25. The daughter of Bob Geldof and Paula Yates was found dead at an address in Wrotham, Kent. Miss Geldof was six when her mother Paula Yates left Boomtown Rats star Sir Bob Geldof. They divorced in 1996. In her life, the 25-year-old had a career as a model, a journalist and a TV presenter. Peaches Geldof's death is yet unexplained. She is survived by her husband Thomas Cohen and sons Astala and Phaedra.

Germany's Charles Franzke, 21, won the gruelling 2014 Tough Guy event in the village of Perton, near Wolverhampton on Sunday (January 26).

Film star Jude Law told Britain's phone-hacking trial on Monday (January 27) that reporters and photographers used to hound him and that they even appeared at events he had organised secretly for his children.

The two surviving Beatles, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, came together at the Grammy Awards on Sunday (January 26) for a rare joint performance coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the British group's breakthrough on American television.

Stanislas Wawrinka held firm in a match of high drama to defeat an injured Rafa Nadal 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-3 and win the Australian Open in Melbourne on Sunday (January 26).

In the French daily Liberation, an online store for motorcyclists' gear, Motoblouz.com, published an open letter thanking Hollande for choosing one of the helmets they manufacture and distribute.

More than 150 winter swimmers jumped into Copenhagen harbour baths on Thursday (January 23) evening at an event launching Copenhagen's year as 'European Green Capital', an award given to the Danish capital by the European Commission.

The operating budget for the Olympics and Paralympic Games in 2016 has jumped 27 percent to $2.93 billion (£1.7 billion).

Canadian teen pop star Justin Bieber appeared before a judge in a Miami courtroom on Thursday (January 23) following his arrest on a drunken driving charge after he was caught drag racing on a main thoroughfare in a rented yellow Lamborghini, police said.

A suspected car bomb damaged a top security compound in central Cairo on Friday (January 24), killing at least four people in one of the most high-profile attacks on the state in months, security and medical sources said.

British technology giant Dyson plans to create 3,000 new jobs for highly skilled engineers as the iconic company unveiled its plan to double the size of its research centre thanks to a whopping £250m investment.

South African mines producing half the world's platinum shut down on Thursday (January 23) as the sector's main union began a strike for hefty wage rises their employers say they cannot pay.

Manchester United's £37 million bid for playmaker Juan Mata has been accepted by Premier League rivals Chelsea, Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on Wednesday (January 22).

McDonald's France confirmed on Wednesday (January 22) that tax inspectors visited its local headquarters but denied any wrongdoing after French media reported it had transferred over €2.2 billion abroad since 2009 to dodge taxes.

Protesters in central Kiev used blazing tyres and rubble to rebuild barricades close to government buildings and parliament early on Thursday (January 23), following the deaths of at least three protesters - two of them from gunshot wounds - the previous day.

A Canadian military ship seized more than 280 kilograms of heroin on Friday (January 17) during routine patrols in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Tanzania.

London Branch of Russian Pay-By-The-Minute Café Opens

New clashes broke out between Ukrainian police and protesters in Kiev on Wednesday (January 22) morning, with protesters saying one demonstrator was shot dead by police.

U.S. actor Matt Damon received an award at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on Tuesday night (January 21) in his capacity as co-founder of water.org.

The Thai government on Tuesday (January 21) imposed a 60-day state of emergency in Bangkok and surrounding provinces from January 22 to help contain a protest movement that has blockaded parts of the capital in an attempt to force Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to resign.

Property website Zoopla is ending its sponsorship of English football club West Bromwich Albion following an outcry over an alleged anti-Semitic gesture made by striker Nicolas Anelka during a Premier League game last month.

After a 10-year journey, Europe's Rosetta spacecraft ended its hibernation on Monday (January 20) when it returned a signal send out by the ESA (European Space Agency) mission control in Darmstadt at 1000GMT.

Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has come out in defence of Spanish Princess Infanta Cristina, claiming that she is innocent of money laundering and fraud charges.

Clashes between Ukraine riot police and demonstrators in the streets of Kiev stretched late into the night on Monday (January 20), in what is the worst violence for decades in the country's capital.

German shares opened lower on Monday (January 20), tracking losses on Wall Street and in Asia, with banking shares coming under scrutiny after Deutsche Bank posted a surprise pre-tax loss of €1.15 billion (£950 million).

Ukrainian capital Kiev remained tense on Monday (January 20) after a night of clashes between radical groups of protesters and riot police, which left scores injured on both sides.

Turkish police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters in Istanbul's central Taksim Square on Saturday (January 18), who are demonstrating mainly against a government bill that would increase controls over the Internet.