Brazil presidential hopeful dies in air crash
Eduardo Campos and six others killed when plane goes down in residential neighbourhood throwing election into chaos.
US says Yazidis evacuation is 'unlikely'
There are “far fewer” Yazidi refugees stranded on Mount Sinjar in northern Iraq than previously thought and they are in better condition than expected, US says
Clash in Donetsk airport leaves dozens dead
MEP elections around the continent

The 751 seats are allocated in proportion to each country's population.

The 751 seats are allocated in proportion to each...

Deadly Brussels museum attack sparks manhunt

European Jewish body calls for greater security and tougher anti-Semitism...

European Jewish body calls for greater security and tougher...

Ukraine votes in crucial presidential election

Presidential elections seen as bid to stabilise nation amid political chaos and...

Presidential elections seen as bid to stabilise nation amid...

Djibouti grenade attack: AFM’s Dutch colleagues ‘lightly wounded’

Armed Forces personnel were at the la Chaumiere restaurant struck by two blasts from a suspected grenade attack 

Armed Forces personnel were at the la Chaumiere restaurant...

Maltese troops unharmed in Djibouti grenade attack

Armed Forces of Malta personnel were with Dutch colleagues on Somali...

Armed Forces of Malta personnel were with Dutch colleagues...

California gunman kills six

A gunman has killed six persons in drive-by shootings in Santa Barbara, he is later found dead by California police

A gunman has killed six persons in drive-by shootings in...

Clashes as thousands attend Istanbul funeral

Fresh violence erupts as thousands take to the streets of Istanbul to honour a...

Fresh violence erupts as thousands take to the streets of...

Thousands march in support of renegade general in Libya

Khalifa Haftar has managed to rally influential bodies in offensive against...

Khalifa Haftar has managed to rally influential bodies in...

Thailand's former premier detained by army chiefs

Thailand's army orders 35 more people to report to them, following the...

Thailand's army orders 35 more people to report to...

Pope Francis to begin Middle East tour

Pope Francis will arrive in Jordan at the start of a three-day visit to the Middle East which will also take him to Israel and the West Bank

Pope Francis will arrive in Jordan at the start of a...

Europe gears up for MEP elections

In Britain, the Liberal Democrats are expected to suffer a wipeout while in the Netherlands, polls suggest that the anti-Islam Freedom Party of Eurosceptic...

In Britain, the Liberal Democrats are expected to suffer a...

Istanbul protests leave second person dead as PM defends police

Turkey Prime Minister Recep Erdogan defends police who shot and killed...

Turkey Prime Minister Recep Erdogan defends police who shot...

UKIP gaining ground in local council elections

Anti-EU party surges forward in polls but voters not convinced leaving the EU...

Anti-EU party surges forward in polls but voters not...

Russia will respect Ukraine vote, says Putin

Russian president says Moscow will respect outcome of Ukrainian presidential...

Russian president says Moscow will respect outcome of...

Czech arms makers claim Malta is stopping exports to Egypt

Czech arms makers have comaplined that that Malta is not giving transit permits...

Czech arms makers have comaplined that that Malta is not...

UN imposes sanctions on Boko Haram

UN Security Council has approved sanctions against the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram, five weeks after it kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls

UN Security Council has approved sanctions against the...

Wilders' far-right party suffers dip in Dutch EP vote

Dutch support has shifted away from Geert Wilders' far-right in favor of...

Dutch support has shifted away from Geert Wilders'...