Mediterranean murder mystery: Apple consultant questioned after wife vanishes from Italy cruise ship
Italian police are looking to charge Daniel Belling with murder and preventing a lawful burial.
Isis targets civilians returning to liberated al-Bab in deadly Syrian car bomb attack
At least 60 dead after northern town liberated on 23 February by Turkey-backed Syrian rebels.
Malaysia tells citizens to stay clear of 'rogue nation' of North Korea after airport murder
The government ordered an assessment of diplomatic ties after North Korea blamed Malaysia for the murder.
Isis admits defeat in Syrian stronghold of al-Bab to Turkish forces
The town of al-Bab in Northern Syria was one of the jihadists' strongholds in the country.
Russian Foreign Ministry sets up database exposing 'fake news' reports in Western media
Targets for the site include the Telegraph, the New York Times and Bloomberg.
Russia building mini-Reichstag for Yunarmia youth army to reenact 1945 defeat of Germany
Military-themed Patriot Park wants to offer young visitors the chance to "storm a specific location."
Thousands of Hong Kong police officers rally in support of seven colleagues jailed for assault
Sentences for beating up activist Ken Tsang were criticised as too severe.
Images of defiant Iraqi officer facing Isis beheading go viral
Hashtag praising "the martyr Abu Bakr al-Samaraei" quickly spread on social media.
Far-right extremists join taxi drivers in violent Rome anti-Uber protests
Four people were arrested following confrontations with the police.
Trump, Assad and a paralysed UN: Amnesty highlights biggest threats to human rights
Group said rise in "politics of demonisation" threatens rights at home and abroad.
House of Azerbaijan: President Ilham Aliyev appoints wife Mehriban Aliyeva vice-president
The first lady is also a lawmaker, a Goodwill Ambassador and the president of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation.
Senator De Lima calls for 'psychotic serial killer mass murderer' Duterte to be impeached
The Liberal Party senator presented the motion in a bid to dismiss her three charges of drug trading.
Closing gender pay gap may take a generation says PwC
Despite the progress made, it will take another 24 years to reach earning equality in the UK.
WikiLeaks' Julian Assange faces uncertainty as Ecuador presidential elections head for run-off
Challenger Guillermo Lasso has promised to cut taxes and evict Assange from the Ecuadorian embassy in London.
Swedish policeman blasts 'madman' filmmaker behind video inspiring Trump's Sweden comments
The policeman appearing in the Ami Horowitz clip shown on Fox News says his answers were misrepresented.
US serviceman dies in Iraq as Defence Secretary Jim Mattis makes surprise visit to the country
The US defence chief is expected to meet Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi to discuss military operations against Isis.
US President Donald Trump explains what he meant by 'last night in Sweden' comment
The president's comments about a non-existing attack in the Nordic country were mocked on social media.
Le Pen family saga: France's first family of the far-right at war with liberalism and one another
Front National leader Marine Le Pen takes second run at French presidency and steps out father's shadow.
Finland strikes down petition opposing upcoming legalisation of same-sex marriages
A 2014 legislation, allowing same-sex marriages, is due to come into force on 1 March.
'A' for 'apple', 'B' for 'bomb': How Isis brainwashed children in Mosul to become 'Caliphate cubs'
Children were indoctrinated to denounce their families as apostates and fight for the jihadists.
First Starbucks in coffee-loving Italy heralded with palm tree stunt in Milan's Piazza del Duomo
Coffee giant announced the opening of up to 300 shops in the country over the next six years.
Marine Le Pen rival Emmanuel Macron calls colonisation a 'crime against humanity'
En marche candidate expected to face-off against Front National leader Marine Le Pen in 23 April election.
Police stop 'baton rape' protesters at Montmartre in second week of French rallies
Around 400 people set bins on fire chanting "cops, rapists, murderers" in support of assaulted man.
Police arrest 'boyfriend' of female suspect detained in Kim Jong-nam assassination
Largely unaware of the assassination, North Koreans celebrate birth of late leader Kim Jong-Il on 16 February.
Women's March on Washington organisers call for 'A Day Without a Woman'
Half a million people marched on Washington to support women's rights after the inauguration of Donald Trump.
Senate repeals 'discriminatory' Obama-era rule barring 75,000 mentally ill people from buying guns
Rule strengthened federal background check system, but critics argued it discriminated against the disabled.
Crimea not on agenda as US and Russia seek Syria solution on G20 sidelines
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meeting for the first time in Germany.
Hong Kong police union 'shocked' at sentencing of seven colleagues for Ken Tsang's assault
Footage of officers beating handcuffed pro-democracy protester sparked outrage at time of 'Umbrella' protests.
Employees of missing tycoon Xiao Jianhua barred from leaving China
The billionaire was reportedly abducted from the Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong on 27 January.
The ghost of 2005 banlieue riots haunts France in second week of protests against police brutality
The underlying issues affecting the disadvantaged suburbs have gotten worse in the past 12 years.
