Greece train crash: Rail workers start one-day strike in Athens, Thessaloniki and Larissa
Rail workers have begun the one-day strike after a train crash, on Tuesday, killed at least 46 people 
Shipwreck leaves 40 migrants dead near Calabria in Italy
An overloaded boat carrying around 150 migrants sank in rough seas near Calabria, leaving over 40 people dead, including a baby
Dozens injured as train details in New York

Up to 29 people injured after a train derailed on Saturday near the community...

Up to 29 people injured after a train derailed on Saturday...

140 killed, hundreds injured as airstrikes hit Yemen funeral

Houthi rebels accuse Saudi-led coalition of airstrikes on mourners that killed...

Houthi rebels accuse Saudi-led coalition of airstrikes on...

German police hunt man suspected of plotting bomb attack

Saxony police officer raid apartment of 22-year-old Jaber Albakr following...

Saxony police officer raid apartment of 22-year-old Jaber...

WikiLeaks publishes Clinton’s paid Wall Street speeches

Leaks allegedly show cosy relationship between Democratic presidential...

Leaks allegedly show cosy relationship between Democratic...

Hurricane Matthew kills 900 in Haiti before hitting US coast

Hurricane Matthew's death toll soars to around 900 people, UN warns it...

Hurricane Matthew's death toll soars to around 900...

[WATCH] Trump apologizes after obscene comments on women caught on tape

Donald Trump forced into apology following leak of recording in which he bragged about being able to 'grab women by the pussy' because he is...

Donald Trump forced into apology following leak of...

Estonia says Russia is moving nuclear-capable missiles into Kaliningrad

Reports of Iskander-M missiles being moved to outpost between Poland and Lithuania fuel fears that Russia is seeking to expand control of Baltic Sea

Reports of Iskander-M missiles being moved to outpost...

Hurricane Matthew batters US; over 570 dead in Haiti

The first hurricane to hit the US head-on in more than a decade lashed central...

The first hurricane to hit the US head-on in more than a...

Pakistan makes 'honour killings' punishable by mandatory prison time

The new law will allow relatives to pardon the killer if he is sentenced to...

The new law will allow relatives to pardon the killer if he...

Assad offers rebels amnesty in exchange of Aleppo

Fighters have accepted similar government amnesty offers in other besieged...

Fighters have accepted similar government amnesty offers in...

Iranian judges sentence writer to jail for story about stoning to death

Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee has been sentenced to five years in prison for 'insulting religious sanctities' and an extra year for 'spreading propaganda...

Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee has been sentenced to five years in...

Hurricane Matthew death toll rises over 330 in Haiti

Hurricane Matthew - the most powerful Caribbean storm in nearly a decade - has...

Hurricane Matthew - the most powerful Caribbean storm in...

Nine Turkey-backed rebels killed in Syrian clashes

Nine Turkey-backed Syrian rebels were killed and another 32 wounded on Thursday...

Nine Turkey-backed Syrian rebels were killed and another 32...

Two police officers stabbed in suspected terror attack in Brussels

An assailant knifed one officer in the neck and the other in the abdomen in...

An assailant knifed one officer in the neck and the other...

UN peacekeepers in South Sudan refuse to leave base, rebels raped aid workers

A report by the Centre for Civilians in Conflict says that peacekeepers did not leave fortified bases, and that aid workers in Juba were assaulted in July

A report by the Centre for Civilians in Conflict says that...

António Guterres to be next UN secretary general

Portugal's former Prime Minister Antonio Guterres is poised to become the...

Portugal's former Prime Minister Antonio Guterres is...

Poland's abortion ban proposal near collapse after mass protests

Parliamentary committee urges MPs to vote proposal down as 30,000 people turn...

Parliamentary committee urges MPs to vote proposal down as...

Six killed in suspected terrorist attack in Kenya

Suspected al-Shabaab militants have killed at least six people in an attack in...

Suspected al-Shabaab militants have killed at least six...