Satellite images show extent of Amazon rainforest fires
40,000 troops have been deployed to battle the blazes in Brazil
'Our house is burning', Macron warns ahead of G7
French President Emmanuel Macron has said the record number of fires in the Amazon rainforest is an 'international crisis' that needs to be on the top of the agenda at the...
Hundreds demonstrate over student brutal murder in Delhi

21-year-old Nido Tania severely beaten and assaulted before dying in Delhi

21-year-old Nido Tania severely beaten and assaulted before...

Three dead in Lebanon car bomb

Car bomb targets Hezbollah stronghold near Lebanon's northern border with Syria.

Car bomb targets Hezbollah stronghold near Lebanon's...

Ukraine opposition urges West to act

Senior Ukrainian opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk calls for the West to give more support to help solve his country's political crisis.

Senior Ukrainian opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk calls...

Russian men losing years to vodka

Vodka linked to 35% of cases where a man dies before age 55, with study citing national sport of spectacular drunkenness.

Vodka linked to 35% of cases where a man dies before age...

Castaway claims to have drifted for 16 months in Pacific

A Mexican man claims to have survived 16 months adrift on the Pacific.

A Mexican man claims to have survived 16 months adrift on...

Transport ministry assault kills 20 in Iraq

Armed men kill 20 people and take civil servants hostage before security forces...

Armed men kill 20 people and take civil servants hostage...

Amanda Knox guilty of murder

Amanda Knox says she is "frightened and saddened" after Italian court reinstated her guilty verdict for the 2007 murder of Briton Meredith Kercher.

Amanda Knox says she is "frightened and saddened" after...

US accuses Syria of dragging its feet on chemical arms handover

US accuses Syria of stalling on the handover of chemical weapons, a delay that...

US accuses Syria of stalling on the handover of chemical...

Scarlett Johansson quits Oxfam role over Israel row

Actress Scarlett Johansson has quit as an ambassador for Oxfam amid a row over...

Actress Scarlett Johansson has quit as an ambassador for...

Woman dies after scarf gets caught in escalator

A woman dies after scarf and hair got caught in the teeth of a Montreal metro...

A woman dies after scarf and hair got caught in the teeth...

Fresh sectarian clashes in troubled CAR kill 35

UN official says capital Bangui is seeing ‘unprecedented levels of violence’

UN official says capital Bangui is seeing ‘unprecedented...

Researchers blame vodka for high death rates in Russia

Recent study says a quarter of adults die before reaching 55 years, with high...

Recent study says a quarter of adults die before reaching...

Spain abortion restriction to spark mass protests

Thousands of people plan to march in Madrid against government’s plan to...

Thousands of people plan to march in Madrid against...

Ukrainian parliament approves amnesty law

Ukraine passes a law giving amnesty to protesters detained during recent...

Ukraine passes a law giving amnesty to protesters detained...

Libyan deputy prime minister survives assassination attempt

Libya's deputy prime minister survived unhurt after gunmen fired on his car in...

Libya's deputy prime minister survived unhurt after gunmen...

Verdicts due in Kercher murder trial

A court in Italy set to announce new appeal verdicts for Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito over the murder of UK student Meredith Kercher in 2007.

A court in Italy set to announce new appeal verdicts for...

Google sells Motorola to Lenovo

Google announces the surprise sale of its Motorola Mobility unit, which it bought in 2012, to Chinese computer maker Lenovo for $2.91 billion.

Google announces the surprise sale of its Motorola Mobility...

Two terrorist members identified as Volgograd suicide bombers

Russia's national Anti-Terrorism committee has identified two members of a...

Russia's national Anti-Terrorism committee has identified...