Pope Francis urged people to “make children” as he made his first papal visit to the French island of Corsica on Sunday.

Officials in San Francisco issued the city’s first ever tornado warning while on the opposite coast New York State was hit by ...

French police are investigating the deaths of five people who were fatally shot in the Dunkirk area of northern France on Saturday. A 22-year-old man later turned himself in to police, according to ...

The military juntas of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso announced in January that they had decided to leave Ecowas.

The UK and Australia are also trying to develop underwater capability and share information. Australia is to equip its Hunter Class frigates with Thales’s 2087 sonar which could contribute around £45 ...

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was discharged from hospital on Sunday after undergoing surgery to stop a brain bleed. The 79-year-old president appeared at a press conference on Sunday ...

Russian officials confirmed an oil spill, but said experts were still working to assess its full impact and extent.

The emergency support will be delivered through the UN and NGO agencies to people in the country, as well as to refugees in Lebanon and Jordan.

One man remains in critical condition after a double-decker bus hit a railway bridge in Glasgow. Six other people needed hospital treatment following the crash on Cook Street in the Tradeston area of ...

Police have launched a murder inquiry following the “brutal and senseless” death of a woman in Co Down. The victim, who suffered a head injury, has been named as Karen Cummings, 40. Two men have been ...

Israel has said it will close its Dublin embassy, accusing Ireland of “crossing every red line”. Foreign minister Gideon Saar announced the closure in a statement due to the “extreme anti-Israel ...

A two-year-old boy has died and four adults have been injured in a hit-and-run crash involving a stolen Porsche, West Midlands Police said. Officers were called to Dartmouth Road, Smethwick, near ...