French prosecutor opens inquiry into payments to François Fillon’s wife
French authorities are investigating claims that presidential frontrunner François Fillon gave his wife a fake job as his parliamentary aide on the public's...
Trump signs order for border wall with Mexico
'I’m telling you there will be a payment [from Mexico]. It will be in a form, perhaps a complicated form' 
Trump calls for increased US nuclear capabilities

US President-elect Donald Trump has called for a strengthening of...

US President-elect Donald Trump has called for a...

EU, UN accused of mismanagement as refugees face freezing weather in Greece

United Nations refugee agency and EU’s Echo aid department accused of failing to properly ‘winterise’ camps

United Nations refugee agency and EU’s Echo aid...

UN Security Council to vote on Israel settlements

Egypt has presented the UN Security Council with a draft resolution against...

Egypt has presented the UN Security Council with a draft...

Legislators fail to repeal North Carolina 'bathroom Bill'

Plans to repeal the controversial North Carolina law limiting LGBT protections...

Plans to repeal the controversial North Carolina law...

Trump appoints China critic Peter Navarro to trade post

US President-elect Donald Trump has appointed economist Peter Navarro, an...

US President-elect Donald Trump has appointed economist...

Turkish prosecutors ask why Russian ambassador assassin was not captured alive

Turkish prosecutors are reportedly investigating why the policeman who assassinated Russia's envoy to Turkey was not captured alive

Turkish prosecutors are reportedly investigating why the...

Arrest warrant issued for Berlin attack suspect

A Europe-wide manhunt is under way for the Tunisian man wanted for the Berlin...

A Europe-wide manhunt is under way for the Tunisian man...

Berlin terror attack suspect had asylum application rejected

Anis Amri's asylum application was rejected by Germany, but he could not be...

Anis Amri's asylum application was rejected by Germany,...

German police seek Tunisian man in hunt for market attacker

German police are searching for a Tunisian over Monday's Berlin Christmas...

German police are searching for a Tunisian over...

Polish 'Hannibal Lecter' arrested in Malta, placed in psychiatric detention

Hannibal Lecter-obsessed Pole Kajetan Poznanski, arrested in Malta to face criminal proceedings in a murder trial, has been transferred to a psychiatric...

Hannibal Lecter-obsessed Pole Kajetan Poznanski, arrested...

Pope orders Spanish priest in 'Vatileaks' case freed from jail

Pope Francis has freed a priest jailed for leaking official documents in a...

Pope Francis has freed a priest jailed for leaking official...

Moscow and Ankara present united front after Russian ambassador's murder

Turkey and Russia have said they will continue to seek a solution to end the conflict in Syria as Andrei Karlov’s body is repatriated after airport...

Turkey and Russia have said they will continue to seek a...

Orlando nightclub victims' families sue Twitter, Google, Facebook for providing 'material support'

Relatives of the people killed in the Orlando nightclub shooting have filed a lawsuit claiming Twitter, Facebook and Google provided 'material...

Relatives of the people killed in the Orlando...

Obama bans oil drilling 'permanently' in most of Arctic and Atlantic oceans

US President Barack Obama has used a 1953 law to block the sale of new offshore drilling and mining rights, and making it difficult for successors to reverse...

US President Barack Obama has used a 1953 law to block the...

Mexico fireworks market blasts kill at least 31

An explosion at a fireworks market outside Mexico City has killed at least 31...

An explosion at a fireworks market outside Mexico City has...

Zurich mosque gunman was Swiss, no Islamist link, police say

Swiss police have identified the Zurich Islamic centre gunman as a Swiss...

Swiss police have identified the Zurich Islamic centre...

Updated | German police unsure of Berlin attack suspect’s involvement

The man suspected of carrying out the Berlin truck attack has denied any involvement • Police cannot confirm suspect was lorry driver

The man suspected of carrying out the Berlin truck attack...

Saudi Arabia admits it used UK-made cluster bombs in Yemen

Cluster bombs manufactured in the UK in 1980s had been used by the Saudi-led...

Cluster bombs manufactured in the UK in 1980s had been used...