The prime minister of Iceland has resigned - the first major casualty of the Panama Papers leaks which have shed an embarrassing spotlight on the world of offshore finance.
Iceland's prime minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson under pressure to step down amid protests after Panama Papers reveal his wife owned a secretive offshore...
Russian economy, hit hard by falling oil prices, shrank 3.7% in 2015
Sanctions imposed by the West after Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimea region...
Sanctions imposed by the West after Russia annexed...
40 inmates escape from jail in Brazil
Jail breakout in eastern Brazil sees 40 prisoners escape • The breakout is the second to take place in the area in less than a week
Jail breakout in eastern Brazil sees 40 prisoners escape...
IOC rules transgender athletes can compete in Olympics without surgery
The International Olympics Committee rules that transgender athletes can compete without sex reassignment surgery "to reflect scientific, social and legal...
The International Olympics Committee rules that transgender...
Cold weather leaves over 50 dead in Taiwan and Japan
Cold snap sweeping theough East Asia leaves some 50 people dead in Taiwan and a...
Cold snap sweeping theough East Asia leaves some 50 people...
TV pundit tipped to win Portuguese presidential election
Portugal goes to the polls in key presidential election that could heavily...
Portugal goes to the polls in key presidential election...
Thousands rally in support of civil unions in Italy
Demonstrators take to the streets across Italy in support of civil unions ahead...
Demonstrators take to the streets across Italy in support...
Children among 63 reported killed in Syrian airstrikes
Strikes believed to be carried out by Russian warplanes on a town in eastern...
Strikes believed to be carried out by Russian warplanes on...
Norway suspends return of refugees entering from Russia
Norway suspends controversial return of refugees from Arctic Russia following...
Norway suspends controversial return of refugees from...
Massive blizzard brings US East Coast to standstill, 19 dead
Severe weather affecting 80 million across Washington, New York and other...
Severe weather affecting 80 million across Washington, New...
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Four dead in Canada school shooting
Four people killed and several injured in Canada's worst school shooting since 1989
Four people killed and several injured in Canada's...
Mogadishu beachfront attacks leave 20 dead
Al-Shabab militant group kills 20 people in gun and car bomb attack in...
Al-Shabab militant group kills 20 people in gun and car...
US student arrested in North Korea over 'hostile act'
The unnamed student had entered North Korea as a tourist, the state said,...
The unnamed student had entered North Korea as a tourist,...
US east coast braces for crippling blizzard
There are warnings the blizzard could cause power outages and will bring road...
There are warnings the blizzard could cause power outages...
Gunmen and car bombs shock Mogadishu beachfront
The Somali capital's popular beachfront has come under attack as car bombs...
The Somali capital's popular beachfront has come under...
Astronomers find evidence of huge ninth planet, orbiting far beyond Pluto
The Caltech astronomers have a vague idea where it ought to be on the sky, and their work is sure to fire a campaign to try to track it down.
The Caltech astronomers have a vague idea where it ought to...
