Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Armenia 'ready' for ceasefire talks
Armenia's foreign ministry has said it "stands ready to engage" with France, Russia and the US on halting six days of fighting with its neighbour Azerbaijan. ...
Armenia-Azerbaijan: Both sides defy Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire calls
Azerbaijan and Armenia have defied calls for a ceasefire after the worst fighting in decades between the two over a disputed territory. ...
Balrampur: Anger grows after new India 'gang rape' death
The death of a second Dalit woman in a few days after an alleged gang rape has shocked and angered India. ...
Paris rattled by sonic boom from military jet: French Police
A huge noise that panicked residents of Paris on Wednesday was caused by a sonic boom as a military jet broke the speed of sound, police in the French capital said. ...
Armenia says its fighter jet 'shot down by Turkey'
Armenia says one of its fighter jets was shot down by a Turkey jet, in a major escalation of a conflict over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. ...
Armenia and Azerbaijan fight over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region
Fierce fighting continues to rage following a flare-up of a decades-old conflict in the Caucasus region of south-eastern Europe. ...
Trump taxes 'national security' issue, Pelosi says
The top ranked Democrat in Washington has called President Donald Trump's alleged tax avoidance a question of "national security". ...
Armenia and Azerbaijan erupt into fighting over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh
Heavy fighting has erupted between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, with both civilians and combatants killed. ...
Belarus: Mass arrests and tear gas on seventh weekend of protests
Belarus police carried out mass arrests as tens of thousands of people again gathered for protests calling on leader Alexander Lukashenko to step down. ...
Charlie Hebdo: Stabbings suspect 'was trying to target magazine'
A man suspected of stabbing two people with a meat cleaver in Paris has admitted to deliberately targeting the former offices of the satirical Charlie Hebdo magazine, French media report. ...
Ukraine military plane crash: Cadets among 26 people killed
Twenty-six people, most of them air cadets, have been killed in a military plane crash in Ukraine, officials say. ...
Kim Jong-un apologises for killing of South Korean official - South
North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has issued a rare personal apology for the killing of a South Korean official, Seoul says. ...
Stabbing attack outside former Charlie Hebdo office in Paris leaves 4 wounded
Police in the French capital arrested one man after a stabbing attack outside the former offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo on Friday. The Paris Police later confirmed there were no other suspects being sought. ...
Alexei Navalny has 'bank accounts frozen and flat seized'
Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny has had his bank accounts frozen and flat seized after a court order, his spokeswoman says. ...
Alexei Navalny: Russian activist discharged from Berlin hospital
Putin critic Alexei Navalny has been discharged from a Berlin hospital where he was being treated for Novichok nerve agent poisoning. ...
Breonna Taylor: Kentucky city on edge ahead of prosecutor decision
Louisville, Kentucky, is under a state of emergency as prosecutors are expected to announce if police officers who killed a black woman in her home during a drug raid will be charged. ...
Dark web drugs raid leads to 179 arrests
Police forces around the world have seized more than $6.5m (£5m) in cash and virtual currencies, as well as drugs and guns in a co-ordinated raid on dark web marketplaces. ...
Ginsburg Supreme Court: Trump plan an abuse of power, says Biden
Donald Trump's move to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before the presidential election is an "abuse of power", his Democratic rival Joe Biden says. ...
FinCEN Files: Sanctioned Putin associate ‘laundered millions’ through Barclays
One of Vladimir Putin's closest friends may have used Barclays Bank in London to launder money and dodge sanctions, leaked documents suggest. ...
Thailand protests: Activists challenge monarchy by laying 'People's Plaque'
Anti-government protesters have installed a plaque declaring Thailand "belongs to the people", in a bold show of opposition to the monarchy. ...