Over 1,400 migrants land on Lampedusa in 15 boats as weather improves
Asylum seekers, migrants and potential refugees make perilous boat crossing to Europe to evade torture and persecution in Libya
No survivors found after Libya coast shipwreck
Several dead bodies were found in the Mediterranean Sea on Friday
Portugal and Ireland get loan extension

Portugal and Ireland are to be granted an extra seven years to pay back their emergency bailout loans.

Portugal and Ireland are to be granted an extra seven years...

Pablo Neruda bones in poison probe tests

The family of the Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda agree to send his remains to a laboratory in the United States for toxicology tests.

The family of the Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo...

Updated | European Greens accuse parliament groups of cover-up over Dalligate inquiry

“Cover-up continues” as EP political groups oppose Green demand for special committee

“Cover-up continues” as EP political groups oppose...

Syria air strikes 'target civilians' - Human Rights Watch

Syrian Air Force carrying out deliberate air strikes on civilians and...

Syrian Air Force carrying out deliberate air strikes on...

Yum Brands says bird flu scare affected KFC sales in China

The parent company of KFC says sales fell in China because of concerns over new...

The parent company of KFC says sales fell in China because...

Uruguay Congress approves gay marriage bill

Uruguay Congress votes overwhelmingly to legalise gay marriage, second country...

Uruguay Congress votes overwhelmingly to legalise gay...

PC sales tumble worldwide

Global sales PC drop 14% in first three months of 2013, biggest fall since 1994

Global sales PC drop 14% in first three months of 2013,...

Malta writes to Holy See to commence revision of 1992 agreement

Government to take away Ecclesiastical Tribunal's authority on annulments -...

Government to take away Ecclesiastical Tribunal's authority...

North Korea pulls workers from Kaesong

North Koreans failed to report for work at Kaesong Industrial Complex, suspending one of few points of co-operation with South Korea

North Koreans failed to report for work at Kaesong...

Obama’s emotional plea for gun bill Congress vote

US President Barack Obama reportedly fights back tears in urge to lawmakers to...

US President Barack Obama reportedly fights back tears in...

Putin shrugs off German and Dutch protests

Russian President Vladimir Putin greeted by protests in Germany and Netherlands...

Russian President Vladimir Putin greeted by protests in...

Tributes for Baroness Thatcher paid at home and abroad

Tributes are being paid at home and abroad to Baroness Thatcher after passing...

Tributes are being paid at home and abroad to Baroness...

Britain’s ‘Iron Lady’ Margaret Thatcher dies

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died today, aged 87.

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died...

North Korea tension prompts US missile test delay

US delays intercontinental ballistic missile test rescheduled for fear of North...

US delays intercontinental ballistic missile test...

Talks on Iran’s nuclear situation end inconclusively

Talks between world powers and Iran on nuclear programme end without agreement,...

Talks between world powers and Iran on nuclear programme...

Four Italian journalists abducted in north Syria by ‘rebel group’

Four Italian journalists taken hostage in Syria on Friday, the Italian Foreign...

Four Italian journalists taken hostage in Syria on Friday,...

US plays down North Korea threat

US officials have played down the threat of war on the Korean peninsula as foreign countries asked to consider evacuating embassies in Pyongyang.

US officials have played down the threat of war on the...

Egyptian navy finds weapons cache on boat from Malta

Egyptian navy arrest seven-man crew on boat which left Malta, and found to be...

Egyptian navy arrest seven-man crew on boat which left...