Brazilian football team plane crash as it happened: Five survivors found amid wreckage
The flight which crashed en route to Medellin airport was carrying 72 passengers and nine crew members.
Ohio State University attack: Suspect 'dead' as eight injured in knife and car rampage on campus
Witness says attacker ploughed car into bystanders before slashing at them with a kitchen knife.
Russian chess grandmaster Yuri Yeliseyev dies at 20 in parkour balcony fall
Yeliseyev fell from the12th floor of a Moscow apartment building trying to reach another balcony.
Mosul hospital treating injured pushed to breaking point with 150 admissions every day
Doctors have said they do not have enough beds or medical supplies as they deal with the influx of wounded.
10,000 civilians flee rebel-held Aleppo as Assad regime bombs rain down
Refugees are fleeing the rebel-held east of the city as government offensive enters its 14th day.
Iranian dissident who revealed prison brutality in Islamic Republic smuggled into Europe
Shabnam Madadzadeh was held for six years in some of Iran's most infamous prisons
Black Friday turns deadly as shots are fired at a New Jersey Macy's store
The deceased is believed to be 20-year-old man who sustained multiple gunshot wounds.
Snakes on a bus: Police seize 120 live cobras being smuggled across Vietnam
The bus was carrying just four passengers but contained 15 plastic boxes filled with cobras.
Dozens killed in train crash as two passenger services collide east of Tehran
At total of 80 individuals were injured in the accident after one train slammed into another waiting at a station.
Deadly Isis suicide bombing targets Shia pilgrims travelling from holy city of Karbala
The massive explosion happened near the village of Shomali, 60 miles south of Baghdad
What is the Vintage Air Rally? The craziest cross-Africa race in restored 1920s aircraft
The Air Rally aims to follow in the footsteps of the pioneering flights of the Twenties.
Air strike by Assad warplanes kill three Turkish troops fighting Islamic State
Ten other Turkish soldiers were wounded in the early-morning air strikes.
Syrian Kurdish leader Salih Muslim: 'For Erdogan the only good Kurd is a dead Kurd'
Turkey has issued an arrest warrant despite PYD leading US-backed fight against Isis in Syria
How a pet monkey may have sparked off civil war in Libya's desert south
Tensions between Awlad Suleiman and Gaddadfa inflamed by 'monkey prank'.
Islamic State torches sacred texts and smashes Virgin Mary sculptures in Iraq monastery
Christian militias liberating towns near Mosul find devastation in Iraq's largest monastery Mar Behnam.
Obama says outlook in Syria is bleak as Russia, Syria and Iran carry out "brutal air campaign"
Obama said the coalition is bombing Aleppo without regard for civilian casualties.
Suicide bomber wearing explosive vest kills dozens in Kabul Shia mosque
Thirty-five were also injured in the blast at the Baqir-ul Ulom Mosque.
Boston University campus: Library building placed on lockdown after bomb threat
Police entered a university building to deal with what was described as an 'unfolding concern' inside.
'Exorcist' beat three young children to death as their families watched
Tun Naing, a self-styled sorcerer in Myanmar, punched and kicked two toddlers and baby over the course of a two day ritual.
What is Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner doing in pictures with Japan's PM?
Twitter users have questioned whether Kushner and wife Ivanka Trump should have been present in the meetings.
Tube chaos as Central Line suspended between White City and Leytonstone
The Central Line was closed between the two stations from around 6.10am with service resuming at 8am.
Queen Sirikit of Thailand hospitalised amid talk of severe ill health
Palace reports the Queen Dowager has a fever but is still able to breathe.
Mass grave of hundreds of Iraqi police murdered by Isis found near Mosul
Isis appears to have massacred the policemen just one month before start of US-backed forces assault on Mosul.
Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador to form block with Mexico to deal with Trump
The construction mogul's election to the White House has been particularly worrisome for Latin American nations.
Bernie Sanders urges Trump to drop 'racist' chief strategist Stephen Bannon
Sanders attacked the appointment of the former Breitbart News executive.
Iraqi special forces begin fresh offensive in Mosul as Isis attacks with suicide bombs
Iraqi forces have successfully liberated swathes of eastern Mosul, establishing a foothold in Iraq's second city
Video shows moment US-backed forces destroy Isis car bomber with French anti-tank missile
French speakers in the video can be heard calling for a French-made anti-tank missile to be reloaded.
Pro-Assad air strikes hit three hospitals in Aleppo in 24 hours
At least one person was killed in the attack on the Baghdad Hospital with medical staff and patients injured.
Satellite images show Muslim villages in Myanmar burned and destroyed in wave of sectarian violence
Human Rights Watch says UN assistance in the country is needed for investigation into allegations.
Rodrigo Duterte says he will scrap human rights 'bulls**t' to hunt down Isis
Duterte said south-east Asia could become destination of choice for Isis fighters fleeing Middle East.
