DRC: Is the UN covering up the deaths of civilians killed in aerial attack?
Reports emerged of up to five civilians deaths but the UN has so far denied it killed refugees.
Volkswagen scandal: European Commission 'knew' about emissions rigging as early as 2013
Manipulation of emissions testing by car manufacturers widely known at EU's highest levels.
Libya: Son of former dictator Muammar Gaddafi denounces ill-treatment of detainees
Al-Saadi Gaddafi told Human Rights Watch that he was 'terrorised' and tortured by guards at al-Hadba prison.
Migrant crisis: Germany should offer part-time low-paid jobs to refugees says Airbus boss Tom Enders
Tom Enders says migrants can not successfully integrate without having a job.
Nepal earthquake six months on: Rebuilding lives amid worsening fuel shortage
Despite lack of fuel brought on by a feud with India, medical teams fight to provide long-term care
Migrant crisis: Hundreds of refugees evicted from empty school in Paris
700 vulnerable people living in precarious conditions, described as a "humanitarian emergency".
Germany: Police foil Neo-Nazi terror attack on refugee shelter
Several of the arrested are members of ultra right-wing groups or affiliated to Pegida.
Chad: Former dictator Hissene Habre raped 13-year-olds say victims he labels 'prostitutes'
Facing charges of crimes against humanity, Habré said victims were 'nymphomaniac prostitutes'.
Euro zone: Is Portugal's new socialist coalition the new Syriza?
Like Syriza in Greece, leader António Costa's coalition wants to 'turn the page on austerity'
Refugee crisis: France to build heated tents for women and children in Calais
Government also proposed a month-long 'stopover' in new camps to de-bottleneck the 'New Jungle'
UK and Cyprus dispute responsibility for 114 Syrian refugees washed up at RAF Akrotiri base
114 refugees including 28 children landed on the RAF base but Britain rejects responsibility.
Iran missile test: UN Security Council asked to 'take appropriate action'
US, UK, France and Germany say 'Emad' missile launch violated UN sanctions on Iran.
France: How far-right leader Marine Le Pen is using her racism trial to promote FN rhetoric
Front National leader using every opportunity to draw on French anxiety over migrant crisis.
Yemen: Pro-Houthi forces could face war crimes trials says Human Rights Watch
Houthis accused of shelling indiscriminately and confiscating food and medicine
West Bank violence: Two Palestinians shot dead after 'knife intifada' attack on Israeli soldier
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says 'it is not too late to avoid a broader crisis'
Isis uncovered: The real life of the jihadists revealed by French recruits
The French justice system has published the testimonies of French Jihadists about life with IS and al-Nusra
Second Congo War: 5 questions to understand 'Africa's World War' waged on DRC soil
With up to six million dead and over two million displaced, DRC saw the deadliest conflict since World War II.
Burundi: Esdras Ndikumana claims he was beaten so badly by secret services he needed five bags of blood
Journalists says he was attacked with iron bars and and clubs, and suffered microfractures to his feet.
Somaliland: Mentally ill chained, abused and force-fed psychotropic drugs says Human Rights Watch
Trauma from civil war and amphetamine abuse gives rise to poorly managed mental health centres.
Burundi: MSD opposition leader Charlotte Umugwaneza was killed, says police
Local residents and opposition leaders claim activist Umugwaneza was murdered by secret services
Central African Republic: Anti-Balaka militias kidnap vice president amid new surge of violence
Around 50 fighters stopped Léa Koyassoum Doumta's car 90km from the capital Bangui.
Burundi: Government vows to cooperate with African Union investigation into human rights abuses
Pierre Nkurunziza's government also claims 'colonising countries' are behind African Union sanctions
Kunduz hospital bombing: MSF claims deadly US air strike was 'no mistake'
Medical charity has called for a 'war crimes' investigation into the bombing that killed 22.
Will Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff be impeached over Petrobas and election scandals?
Brazil's Supreme Court alleges Rousseff doctored government accounts to allow for more electoral spending.
Burundi: Authorities and opposition blame each other as calls for genocide spread online
Fears of Hutu-Tutsi ethnic conflict, which claimed 300,000 lives from 1993-2005, reigniting.
Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro calls on $70 oil floor again ahead of Opec meeting
Maduro also said he was 'doing everything to save the price and the stability of our oil'.
EU policies failed Arab Spring countries both politically and economically, say experts
EU External Affairs Sub-Committee told how EU can improve its future policy Middle East region.
Burundi: CNDD-FDD party blames civilians deaths on 'killers' behaving like Boko Haram and Al Qaeda
Presidency accuses foreign media of spreading lies for 'colonising countries' funding 'terrorists'.
Migrant crisis: Which European country offers the most help to refugees?
Compared to many other EU countries, Britain is not the refugee magnet many believe it to be.
Boko Haram insurgents use grenades made in France, claims Nigerian Army
'Beluga' explosives found on suicide bombers were allegedly sold by France to Nigerian army.