French 'Islamist' Yassin Salhi who beheaded boss commits suicide in jail
Alleged jihadi accused of killing Hervé Cornara in Lyon hangs himself in Paris's Fleury-Merogis prison.
Turkey: Explosion near Pegasus Airlines plane at Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen airport leaves one dead
Deadly blast near Pegasus Airline plane wounds two cleaners, killing one.
Turkey's top cleric Mehmet Gormez: 'Prophet Mohammed cartoons as bad as Isis'
Turkey's head of directorate of religious affairs claims Mohammed caricatures as damaging as Daesh.
French foie gras: Activists video shows ducklings smashed for favourite Christmas delicacy
Animal rights group L214 releases footage recorder inside a hatchery in Pays de la Loire.
Refugee crisis: Record 1m migrants arrive in Europe
International Organisation for Migration say crossings into Europe are four-fold higher than last year.
China landslide: First body found as frustration mounts in Shenzhen
Relatives of missing victims angered at suspension of rescue efforts at Liuxi industrial park.
Aruba: Shipwreck captain killed in shark attack moments before helicopter rescue
Venezuelan man named as Adrian Esteban Rafael, captain of vessel Doña Matilde, attacked off Caribbean island.
Isis: Iraq readies Ramadi attack as 'Daesh stops families from leaving to use as human shields'
Iraqi forces expected to launch offensive to seize back Anbar capital from Islamic State.
Italy: Bishop 'protected' Grindr priest dismissing allegation he paid boys for sex as 'nuns' chatter'
Antonello Tropea, who allegedly paid teenage boys £15 for oral sex and held child porn, arrested in Calabria.
Air France bomb scare: Policeman arrested over 'joke' explosive that caused Kenya emergency landing
Couple on flight AF463 held upon landing in Paris after forced diversion caused by fake explosive device.
Israel hit by rockets from Lebanon as tensions rise after Hezbollah's Samir Kantar killing
Katyusha missiles fired into Israel after air strike killed Hezbollah leader in Syria.
Spain elections: Ciudadanos hopeful Virginia Salmeron 'can't explain' why people should vote for her party
Leading candidate for Seville mocked online as her party is set to become kingmaker.
Air France bomb scare: 'False alarm' led to flight AF463's emergency landing in Kenya
No explosives were found on flight AF463, after emergency landing in Mombasa.
Air France bomb scare: Kenya police question passengers over 'stopwatch on a box' device
Air France flight 463 from Mauritius to Paris forced to land in Mombasa over suspicious device found on board.
Burundi: African Union peacekeeping mission 'an invasion' says Pierre Nkurunziza's government
Bujumbura rejects AU plan to deploy 5,000 troops to protect civilians in the central African country.
China: People and buildings buried in mud as massive landslide hits Shenzhen
Mudslide damages and destroys 22 buildings, including two workers' dormitories of southern city's Liuxi Industrial Park.
British women more sexually satisfied than French
French survey finds local women have fewer orgasms and fake more than their British counterparts.
Domenico Mogavero: Italy's 'migrants' bishop' under investigation for embezzling €180,000
Police in Sicily accuse the bishop of Mazara del Vallo and his former bursar of misusing church funds.
Radio Islam: Italian website investigated for 'influential Jews' blacklist post
Outrage as international site hosting holocaust denying content posts names of Italian personalities of Jewish faith.
Andrea Orlando: 'Isis' threatens to behead Italian minister in letter sent with AK-47 bullets
Italy's Justice Minister Andrea Orlando received a threat letter signed 'Isis'.
Meridiana passenger plane's lost wheel crashes on to Sicilian beach
Meridiana flight IG220 makes emergency landing in Catania after experiencing technical issue.
No-Islam signs raised in Italian village of Pontoglio urging Muslims to adapt or leave
Village near Brescia sparks controversy with 'Taliban' road signs providing 'historic information'.
Refugee crisis: Dutch police fired warning shots to disperse Geldermalsen anti-migrant rioters
Violent protest hit small town in Netherlands as EU leaders discuss migrant crisis in Brussels.
Iraq: Italy deploys troops to Isis frontline to protect company repairing Mosul dam
Matteo Renzi says 450 soldiers will provide security for construction company Trevi.
Teresa Marino: Mafia godmother that 'brought gender equality' to Cosa Nostra arrested
Palermo police held Sicilian clan boss Marino, wife of jailed mobster Tommaso Lo Presti.
AC Milan: Worker with ties to club boss arrested for stealing Mario Balotelli and Carlos Bacca shirts
Mustapha Medhoun, the brother-in-law of Adriano Galliani's ex-wife, held by police for theft in Varese.
Sydney storm: Destructive tornado with 'hail the size of golf balls' lashes NSW capital
Storm bringing fastest winds ever recorded in New South Wales lashed Sydney on 16 December.
Illegal migrants shouting 'Allahu Akbar' attack soldiers patrolling Rome Basilica for Jubilee celebrations
Palestinian and a Tunisian men arrested after attempting to snatch weapons from soldiers outside St Mary Major.
Burger King France's owner to boost number of halal-only restaurants
Burger King to buy Quick and increase Muslim-friendly offerings in challenge to McDonald's market leadership.
Typhoon Melor: Several dead as powerful storm sweeps through Philippines
Typhoon locally known as Nona leaves trail of death and destruction as it reaches island of Mindoro.