Brexit: MPs vote to take control of Brexit process for indicative votes
MPs have voted to take control of Commons business in an unprecedented move to try to find a majority for any Brexit option
Lawyers for Pilatus banker call on court to dismiss Iran sanction charges
Lawyers for Pilatus banker Ali Sadr Hasheminejad have asked the US courts to dismiss all counts of the indictment stating that the claims were vague and overbroad allegations
Italian envoys barred from leaving India

India's Supreme Court bars Italian ambassador from leaving country after Rome's refusal to return two marines charged with murder of two fishermen in Kerala

India's Supreme Court bars Italian ambassador from leaving...

Xi Jinping named president of China

Leaders in Beijing have confirmed Xi Jinping as president, completing China's 10-yearly transition of power.

Leaders in Beijing have confirmed Xi Jinping as president,...

European Ombudsman to retire

P. Nikiforos Diamandouros to retire from Ombudsman's role after ten years in office.

P. Nikiforos Diamandouros to retire from Ombudsman's role...

Witness to testify despite OLAF recommendation to press charges

Magistrate rules for witness to testify despite OLAF recommendation to press...

Magistrate rules for witness to testify despite OLAF...

Rome conclave: Cardinals to resume papal deliberations

Cardinals due to begin second day of deliberations in Vatican conclave to elect...

Cardinals due to begin second day of deliberations in...

Children 'recruited' by armed groups in Syrian conflict

Increasing numbers of children in Syria being recruited by armed groups on both...

Increasing numbers of children in Syria being recruited by...

Los Angeles archdiocese pays €7.6m to settle abuse cases

Los Angeles Catholic Archdiocese pays out €7.6 million to settle four sexual...

Los Angeles Catholic Archdiocese pays out €7.6 million to...

MEPs brace for new EU budget battle with governments

EU MEPs preparing for tough negotiations on multi-year budget despite deal...

EU MEPs preparing for tough negotiations on multi-year...

Italian who sparked Tom Cruise fever arrested on market rigging

Self-promoter Alessandro Proto is arrested by Milan police on alleged market...

Self-promoter Alessandro Proto is arrested by Milan police...

Black smoke rises from Sistine Chapel, no pope chosen yet

Black smoke rises from Sistine Chapel on second day on conclave, meaning that...

Black smoke rises from Sistine Chapel on second day on...

Vatican conclave | Third vote inconclusive

Black smoke emerges from the Sistine Chapel in Rome, signalling that the second...

Black smoke emerges from the Sistine Chapel in Rome,...

MEPs will block EU long-term budget until its demands are met

European Parliament president Martin Schulz warns member states that MEPs will...

European Parliament president Martin Schulz warns member...

Church elects first Pope from the Americas

Argentinian Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, has been elected...

Argentinian Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos...

Pope ‘decapitated himself’ to cull antagonists – former Vatican sex abuse investigator

[LISTEN] Auxiliary Bishop Mgr Charles Scicluna says Pope Benedict XVI ‘decapitated himself to get rid of people he could not trust.’

[LISTEN] Auxiliary Bishop Mgr Charles Scicluna says Pope...

Cardinals start conclave to elect new Pope, first voting expected later today

Roman Catholic Church awaits conclave as Cardinals start deliberating who is to be new Pontiff.

Roman Catholic Church awaits conclave as Cardinals start...

Delhi rape accused found dead in prison

Suspect in notorious rape and murder of a female student in India's capital, Delhi found dead in prison

Suspect in notorious rape and murder of a female student in...

US-South Korea drills begin amid North Korea tensions

US and South Korea begin annual military drills amid high tensions with North...

US and South Korea begin annual military drills amid high...

Japan marks quake and tsunami anniversary

Services held in Japan to mark devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck...

Services held in Japan to mark devastating earthquake and...