French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron files legal complaint over 'anti-Semitic' cartoon
Image shows candidate with a hooked nose, which Macron's team call reminiscent of the worst anti-Semitism.
Iranian Revolutionary Guard in $12bn smuggling operation to fund terror says opposition
Exiled resistance also claims network is pivotal for the running of arms to Iranian-backed rebels in Yemen.
Nigerian President Buhari returns home after months shut away in London in ill-health
Buhari was shown on state television walking unaided from his plane to an awaiting helicopter.
Russia deploys banned Cruise missile in deliberate provocation of US and NATO
Moscow has been accused of directly flouting the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty.
What next for South Korea after president Park Guen-Hye impeachment?
The ruling against Park Geun-hye by the constitutional court means criminal proceedings can now be opened.
Isis leaders abandon Raqqa leaving diehard followers to defend 'caliphate capital'
US defence officials have said 3,000 to 4,000 fighters remain in the city.
Centrist Emmanuel Macron set to win French elections halting Marine Le Pen path to victory
Polls predict Macron will beat Le Pen in the April first-round after a two-week surge in popularity.
Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi gives up Mosul fight to save his own skin
A lack of communication between Baghdadi and his leaders in Mosul indicates is focusing on preserving his own life.
Amal Clooney says Yazidi girls raped by Isis gave 'most harrowing testimony I have ever heard'
Barrister is calling on UN to investigate genocide against Yazidis, persecuted at the hands of Islamic State.
Francois Fillon hit by allegations of undeclared €50,000 loan from billionaire business magnate
Fillon received the interest free, undeclared personal loan in 2013 from business mogul Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière.
Tignes avalanche: Rescue operation cancelled by French authorities
Several skiers were reported missing after a wall of snow slammed into intermediate level slope.
97-year-old twins freeze to death after falling just feet from Rhode Island home
The twins became stranded overnight when Martha Williams fell while trying to reach her car.
Isis planned to assassinate Saudi King Salman in foiled Malaysia terror attack
Seven militants had been planning to attack the Saudi royals and are believed to have ties to Isis.
France election: Floundering Francois Fillon repeats 'I am not autistic' in disastrous interview
The pressure group SOS Autism has criticised the candidate's comments as "intolerable."
Francois Fillon vows to fight on as Alain Juppé rules himself out of French Presidential race
Juppé said it was too late for him to stand as a candidate as France sought a candidate of renewal.
Francois Hollande says his 'ultimate duty' is to block Marine Le Pen as populism sweeps Europe
French president said the French elections will be a watershed moment for the whole of Europe.
Pro-Assad forces retake Palmyra for second time discover ancient city rigged with explosives
Government troops supported by militias recaptured Palmyra on 2 March.
Chinese Isis fighters vow to create 'rivers of blood' when they return home from Iraq
The fighters call the communist government in Beijing 'infidel lackeys' and promise to wage global jihad.
BBC journalists attacked in China and forced to sign confession for conducting 'illegal interview'
The team was conducting interviews with petitioners trying to reach Beijing to resolve a land theft dispute.
Nominations open for Basque Culinary World Prize to be judged by Heston Blumenthal
Winner will be awarded €100,000 to devote to a project of their choice.
Family of Dublin man jailed in Egypt warns time running out as hunger strike continues
Ibrahim Halawa was arrested in August 2013 in the midst of a government crackdown in Egypt.
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak found not guilty of killing protesters in 2011
The judgment could see the former ruler walk free.
French far right leader Marine Le Pen loses immunity over Isis tweets and faces three years in jail
The presidential hopeful, who is leading current polls, has dismissed the vote as 'political interference'.
French presidential front runner Emmanuel Macron talks tough on Islamism and political corruption
Macron has announced a six-tier plan to deliver his vision for France.
UN: Forced evacuation of east Aleppo by Syrian forces was a war crime
UN concludes both sides in final push by Assad forces for control of east Aleppo committed war crimes.
Canadian jiu-jitsu championship cancelled because fighting is illegal in Montreal
Police said they would arrest anyone involved in the tournament which included 240 competitors, some 9-years-old.
Francois Fillon battles 'political assassination' in French election as court date looms
The decision to step down comes amid a fake jobs scandal and investigation.
Explosions and street battles in Kabul as Taliban inflicts 'heavy casualties'
The al-Qaeda linked extremist group said it carried out three simultaneous assaults across the Afghan capital.
Police sniper for French President Francois Hollande accidentally fires gun and leaves two injured
Leader was speaking at an event for the opening of a high-speed line in Charente.
Somalia declares national disaster as looming famine threatens millions
UN estimates five million people in Somalia, roughly half of the population, are in need of aid.
