One of Italy’s largest migrant centres has been in the hands of the mafia for more than a decade, police have said. Police say the Arena...
Mutinous soldiers have opened fire in four big cities in Ivory Coast, defying a government order to lay down their weapons. Shots rang out near the...
A panel of doctors has met in India to discuss the case of a 10-year-old rape victim who is seeking an abortion. The girl was repeatedly...
President Emmanuel Macron has chosen centre-right mayor Edouard Philippe as France’s new prime minister. Mr Philippe, 46, is not from the president’s new centrist party but...
Palestinian hunger-strike leader Marwan Barghouti has denied the authenticity of a video purportedly showing him eating secretly in his prison cell, his lawyer said. Barghouti, along...
North Korea said on Monday it had successfully launched a new type of ballistic missile in its latest test which it said was aimed at building...
A state of emergency has been declared in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, after an outbreak of cholera killed scores of people. Hospitals in the city, which...
Prison guards have shot dead 17 inmates after a mass breakout at Buimo prison in Papua New Guinea. Three prisoners have been recaptured while 57 others...