Residents of east Aleppo have sent out desperate messages imploring the international community to save civilians still in besieged districts of the Syrian city, as forces loyal to the president, Bashar al-Assad, bear down on the remaining enclaves ...

The “No” vote which has come through in the Italian constitutional referendum had been widely forecast by polls and political commentators. But the extent of the defeat had not been, and the immediate resignation of the Italian prime minister only ...

French president François Hollande cited “the higher interest of the country” in announcing on Thursday night that he will not stand for re-election. The field is now wide open for a left-wing candidate to challenge the conservative François Fillon and ...

Donald Trump has issued a video outlining his policy plans for his first 100 days in office and vowed to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership “from day one”. In brief video clip posted to YouTube on Monday night, the president-elect said “our ...

A second round of protests was planned across the US today - a day after thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of big cities after Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election. An anti-Trump rally was planned at New York City's Union ...

Russia, Ukraine & Hungary. The Kremlin was quick to congratulate Donald Trump on Wednesday morning and Russia's lower house of parliament broke into applause when the result of the US presidential election was announced. “In a telegram [Russia's ...

A group of about 20 workers began on Tuesday to slowly destroy the structures of the migrant camp known as the Calais “Jungle” using sledgehammers and by hand with two small bulldozers waiting nearby. The demolition of the camp was scheduled to take ...

A group of about 20 workers began on Tuesday to slowly destroy the structures of the migrant camp known as the Calais “Jungle” using sledgehammers and by hand with two small bulldozers waiting nearby. The demolition of the camp was scheduled to take ...

Before dawn on Monday, Yusef (35), a pharmacist who had fled violence in Sudan, stuffed some blankets into a donated backpack and bid farewell to the muddy puddles surrounding his leaking tent. Once, he had hoped to stow away on a lorry to England.

Before dawn on Monday, Yusef (35), a pharmacist who had fled violence in Sudan, stuffed some blankets into a donated backpack and bid farewell to the muddy puddles surrounding his leaking tent. Once, he had hoped to stow away on a lorry to England.

One person was shot and gravely wounded on Wednesday in a second night of unrest in Charlotte, North Carolina, officials said, as riot police dispersed unruly protesters after the fatal police shooting of a black man under disputed circumstances.

One person was shot and gravely wounded on Wednesday in a second night of unrest in Charlotte, North Carolina, officials said, as riot police dispersed unruly protesters after the fatal police shooting of a black man under disputed circumstances.

The possibility of Irish unity must be considered in Britain's negotiations to leave the EU, so that both parts of a unified Ireland could be part of the EU, the Taoiseach has told a high-level British-Irish conference. Enda Kenny said that achieving ...

A Liberian man pushes bread past a wall mural part of a sensitisation programme about the deadly Ebola virus in Monrovia, Liberia. Photograph: Ahmed Jallanzo/EPA. Topics: News · World · Africa · Barack Obama · World Health Organization · Guinea ...

Oscar Pistorius' bail was extended today after being convicted of culpable homicide (manslaughter) today , having escaped the more serious charge of murder for the killing of his girlfriend. The Olympic and Paralympic track star could face a lengthy prison ...

Some crucial information about the Apple watch was missing from yesterday's product event, including its launch date; how thick the watch is or how much it weighs; and how long the battery will last. Photograph: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg. Topics ...

Actors Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker at the funeral of Joan Rivers in New York. Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters. Topics: News · World · US · Joan Rivers; More Topics. Mon, Sep 8, 2014, 01:00. First published: Mon, Sep 8, 2014, 01:00.

Construction hard hats left on metal building poles on the roof of a new multi-storey building in the sprawling Jewish settlement of Beitar Illit, in the West Bank, after the Palestinian workers left for the day yesterday. The US and European states have protested ...

Japan Self-Defence Force soldiers search for survivors in the rain at a site where a landslide swept through a residential area at Asaminami ward in Hiroshima, western Japan. Photograph: Toru Hanai/Reuters. Topics: News · World · Asia-Pacific · Shinzo Abe ...

A demonstrator stands peacefully with a poster along West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, Missouri where another evening of protest took place after the shooting death of Michael Brown by police. Photograph: Ed Zurga/EPA. A protester holds a sign near St ...