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Cedric Cordier case: Man arrested over soldier knife attack in Paris
A 22-year-old man has been arrested in France in connection with a knife attack on soldier Cedric Cordier near Paris on Saturday, officials say. The...
Copahue volcano eruption: Chile and Argentina order evacuation of 3,000 people
Argentina and Chile have ordered the evacuation of some 3,000 people living near the Copahue volcano in the south of their shared border. The authorities...
EU lifts arms embargo on Syria rebels
EU foreign ministers have said they will not renew an arms embargo on the Syrian opposition, due to expire on Saturday. However, there was no...
Woolwich attack: New arrest in connection with Lee Rigby murder
British authorities have arrested a 10th person in connection with the murder of soldier Lee Rigby in Woolwich. The 50-year-old man was arrested in Welling,...
World’s largest national flag: Romania enters Guinness World Records with biggest flag ever made
Romania broke the world record for the biggest national flag making a triumphal entry in the famous Guinness Book. A Romanian village unfurled what is...
French soldier stabbed in Paris suburb La Defense
The soldier was on patrol in the area of La Defense when he was stabbed in the neck by an unknown man who...
Pakistan school bus fire kills 16 children and their teacher near Gujrat
At least 16 children and their teacher have been killed when their school bus caught fire near Gujrat in eastern Pakistan, police say. At least...
Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale: MI5 had been monitoring Woolwich attack suspects for 8 years
It was reported today that MI5 had been monitoring the two fanatics responsible for the slaughter of a young soldier near Woolwich barracks for...
Jodi Arias jury cannot decide on death penalty in Travis Alexander murder case and judge declares mistrial
Last night the judge declared a mistrial over the sentencing of Jodi Arias after the jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict over whether...
De Grisogono diamond necklace stolen during Cannes Film Festival
A De Grisogono necklace reportedly worth 1.9 million euros has been stolen during the Cannes film festival, in the second such theft to hit...
Michael Adebolajo named as suspect over Lee Rigby killing in Woolwich attack
Michael Adebolajo, 28, and an unnamed accomplice are believed to have knocked off duty Drummer Lee Rigby down with a Vauxhall Tigra as he...
Lee Rigby: Woolwich terror attack victim was drummer of 2nd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
Drummer Lee Rigby of the 2nd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers is the soldier killed in the London machete attack near Woolwich Barracks. Lee...
London machete attack: Man killed in Woolwich suspected terrorist incident
A man has been killed in a machete attack and his two assailants shot by police in Woolwich, south-east London, UK. The UK’s government is...
Ibragim Todashev shot dead by FBI agent in Orlando while questioning over links to Tamerlan Tsarnaev
Chechen Ibragim Todashev has been shot dead by an FBI agent in Orlando, Florida, early Wednesday during questioning related to the Boston Marathon bombings. The...
Dominique Venner: Suicide inside Notre-Dame de Paris
French police says a 78-year-old man, named as Dominique Venner, has killed himself inside the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, causing its evacuation. The man...
Oklahoma tornado kills at least 51 people as two entire schools flattened in Moore
At least 51 people have been killed after a huge tornado tore through Oklahoma City suburbs, with the death toll likely to rise. Worst hit...
Iraq: At least 54 people killed in series of car bomb attacks in Baghdad, Basra and Samarra
At least 54 people have been killed and many others injured in a series of car bomb attacks in Iraqi cities Baghdad, Basra and...
Oklahoma tornado kills one person and injures dozens
At least one person is reported dead and at least 21 others injured in a series of tornadoes that have torn through Oklahoma and...
Syrian troops seize strategic rebel stronghold in Qusair
Fighting has raged in Syrian town of Qusair near Lebanon border after government troops launched a major operation to seize the strategic rebel stronghold. State...
Zahra Shahid Hussain shot dead in Karachi
Senior Pakistani politician Zahra Shahid Hussain has been shot dead in the southern port city of Karachi. Zahra Shahid Hussain was the senior vice-president of...
North Korea fires short-range missiles from its east coast
North Korea has launched three short-range missiles from its east coast, South Korea's defence ministry said. Two missiles were fired on Saturday morning and one...
Connecticut head-on train crash injures at least 60 people near New York City
At least 60 people have been injured, five critically, after a head-on, rush-hour collision between two commuter trains near New York City, officials say. Some...
Christoph Waltz: Man points gun at him and threatens to blow up studio with hand grenade during Cannes TV interview
Christoph Waltz was left shaken last night after a man pointed a hand-gun at him during a live French news programme TV show and...
Cannes Film Festival 2013: $1 million Chopard jewels stolen from Novotel hotel room
More than $1 million (777,000 euros) worth of Chopard jewels have been stolen from Novotel hotel in Cannes, French police say. The jewels were to be...
George Michael car crash: singer airlifted to hospital with head injury following motorway crash
George Michael has been airlifted to hospital with a head injury following a crash on the M1 motorway in UK. George Michael, 49, remains in hospital after...
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