Isis in Iraq: Daesh blows up homes and churches to punish Christians and dissenters
UN report details targeted destruction carried out by Islamic State against Christians and other minorities.
Palestinian teen Morad Bader Abdullah Adais arrested over mother-of-six Dafna Meir killing
Israeli troops arrest 16 year old over deadly stabbing in West Bank Jewish settlement of Otniel.
Paris: Fire at Ritz Carlton hotel where Princess Diana spent last evening of her life
Flames engulf top floor of iconic hotel in Place Vendome.
French Alps avalanche kills at least five soldiers on off-piste exercise
Snow slide strikes off Petit Argentier Mountain during 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment exercise.
Nazi medic Hubert Zafke, 95, to stand trial over Auschwitz massacre
Former SS sergeant accused of being accessory to the murder of more than 3,600 people.
Israel: Pregnant woman Michal Froman stabbed in West Bank settlement in latest attack on women
30-year-old wounded in Tekoa a day after 38-year-old mother-of-six Dafna Meir was killed inside her home.
Italy: Genoa stalls Vespa ban after iconic scooter-owners riot
Marco Doria, mayor of the iconic scooter's hometown wants motorcycles produced before 1999 off the streets.
Italy: Catholic girl Lidia Macchi was raped and murdered 'over chastity vow'
Police arrest Stefano Binda in three-decade old murder case that detectives say was religiously motivated.
Turkish dons arrested: Full text of declaration criticising military campaign against Kurdish militants
Police arrest lecturers accused of 'terrorist propaganda' over petition backed by Noam Chomsky.
Turkey: Outrage as police arrest dons for backing pro-Kurdish declaration critical of Erdogan
Police hold lecturers who backed declaration signed by Noam Chomsky criticising reprisals against PKK.
Paris attacks: Chakib Akrouh was Saint-Denis mystery suicide bomber who died alongside Abdelhamid Abaaoud
Suicide bomber who killed himself in Saint-Denis raid is 25-year-old Belgian-Moroccan.
Ashley Olsen: Florida woman killed in Florence strangled 'with a rope'
Autopsy suggests a rope or lace used to kill 35-year-old in Santo Spirito district of Florence.
Istanbul bombing: Turkey terror attack was 'work of Syrian suicide bomber' says President Erdogan
Erdogan confirms both Turks and foreigners are among victims of explosion in Sultanahmet Square.
Istanbul explosion: Germany warns citizens to avoid crowds as 'tourists among suicide blast victims'
At least 10 killed and 15 wounded in suspected suicide bombing in Sultanahmet square.
France: Machete attack teenager stabbed Jewish teacher 'in the name of Isis'
Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin says Turkish Kurd boy who stabbed a 35-year-old man invoked Islam and Daesh.
Turkey: 'Suicide' explosion rocks Istanbul's Sultanahmet Square causing mass death and injury
Many injuries and casualties reported as blast rocks tourist hotspot Sultanahmet Square.
Ashley Olsen killing: Florence police examine bra and computer in American woman murder case
The 35-year-old from Florida was found strangled inside her Italian flat by artist boyfriend Federico Fiorentini.
Refugee crisis: Woman drowns as smugglers force migrants into freezing Mediterranean
Two people been taken to hospital as Italian coastguard rescues 36 refugees off Apulia shores near Leuca.
Did David Bowie predict his own death? Farewell single Lazarus lyrics declare 'Look up here, I'm in heaven'
British artist died of cancer aged 69 on Sunday 10 January days after release of last album Blackstar.
Germany: Anti-Islam Pegida anthem Gemeinsam Sind Wir Stark dethrones Adele's Hello from music charts
Wordless hymn of xenophobic political movement becomes bestselling single on Amazon in Germany.
North Korea: Kim Jong-un's right hand Choe Ryong-hae makes comeback after 're-educational labour camp'
Senior Pyongyang official listed in a state funeral committee for Kim Yang-gon after two months of absence.
Isis: Turkey 'foils' Daesh New Year's Eve suicide bombing plot in Ankara
Turkish police arrest two suspected Islamic State members planning to carry out attacks in the capital.
China: Survivors found five days after deadly Shandong mine collapse
Rescuers locate eight workers trapped underneath the ground after an incident at a gypsum mine.
Spanish police arrest elderly siblings who held mentally ill brother captive inside family cell
Authorities in Dos Hermanas, Andalusia free 59-year-old man who lived locked inside roofless cubicle with no toilet.
Sporting Locri: Italian women's football team vow to play and defy mafia-style threats
Five-a-side team from Calabria to continue playing despite intimidating messages urging them to close.
Paris attacks: 'LOL' wrote Bataclan bomber Samy Amimour's 'proud' teenage wife after carnage
18-year-old Kahina Amimour says she encouraged her husband to carry out the deadly attack.
Istanbul airport explosion: Britain concerned at Sabiha Gokcen blast mystery
Bomb fears as explosion that killed airport worker Zehra Yamaç remain unclear.
Mali: French troops accused of killing allied militamen in anti-terror operation
Pro-government Movement of Azawad group says four of its fighters killed in friendly fire.
Mexico: 4 dead in video showing train crashing into bus in Sinaloa
Security footage from level crossing shows fatal collision near western town of Mazatlán.
Refugee crisis: 13 drown crossing from Turkey to Greece
At least 13 die as migrant boat sinks off Aegean Sea island of Farmakonissi.