People around the globe have gathered to welcome in the New Year, with New Zealand and Australia leading the celebrations.
A giant clock in Auckland's...
President Yahya Jammeh has returned to The Gambia after a reported coup attempt, sources say.
Heavy gunfire was heard near the presidential palace in Banjul...
Cartoon voice Christine Cavanaugh, who brought to life characters including Babe and Chuckie on Nickelodeon cartoon Rugrats, has died aged 51.
Christine Cavanaugh’s sister, Deionn...
AirAsia Flight QZ8501 bodies arrived back in the Indonesian city of Surabaya, where relatives are waiting.
Next of kin have been asked for DNA samples...
Beji Caid Essebsi has been sworn in as Tunisia’s president after winning the country's first free presidential poll.
Beji Caid Essebsi, 88, secured victory last...
Venezuela’s economy has entered recession, after contracting for the third consecutive quarter of the year.
The Central Bank announced that the economy had shrunk by...
Alexei Navalny and more than 100 other demonstrators have been arrested at a rally in central Moscow, activists say.
The Russian opposition leader had urged...
According to new reports, two Albanian seamen have been killed on a tugboat while towing the fire-stricken Norman Atlantic ferry.
Both men died after being...
Former Korean Air executive Heather Cho, who delayed a plane over how nuts were served, has been arrested.
TV footage showed Heather Cho, also known...
Ukraine reports claim that a radioactive leak has been detected at Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, the largest in Europe.
Levels of radiation are 16.8 times...
According to scientists, a two-year-old boy called Emile Ouamouno from Guinea - the Ebola victim who is believed to have triggered the current outbreak...
Oscar-winning star Luise Rainer, who became the first winner of consecutive awards in the 1930s, has died at the age of 104.
German-born Luise Rainer...
Vladimir Putin’s critic Alexei Navalny has avoided jail after getting a suspended sentence in a high-profile fraud case.
Alexei Navalny, 38, was given a suspended...
Italian authorities are not certain how many people are still missing from the Norman Atlantic ferry off Corfu, with evacuation complete.
One man died trying...
Greece’s parliament has rejected the presidential candidate nominated by PM Antonis Samaras, triggering a snap general election.
Stavros Dimas failed to reach the necessary 180...
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