Hundreds of firefighters are battling blazes across southern France, with one inferno spreading across 900 hectares of forest and threatening homes on the island of Corsica, emergency services say.

A Russian suicide bomber originally from mainly Muslim Kyrgyzstan detonated the explosives in a St Petersburg train carriage that killed 14 people and wounded 50, authorities say.

In yet another honour for Bangladesh cinema, Abu Shahed Emon directed Jalaler Golpo wins the Grand Prix - Silver Akbuzat Best Film at the Third International Festival of National and Ethnic Cinema in the Russian city of Ufa.

A year-long training programme to help parents communicate with their very young autistic children reduced symptoms of the disorder up to six years later, according to a follow-up analysis.

Senior German officials call for further controls on the sale of guns after Friday's deadly shooting in Munich that claimed the lives of nine people and the gunman, a deranged 18-year-old who was obsessed with mass killings.

Mustafizur Rahman’s Sussex Sharks suffer a potentially crippling blow to their NatWest T20 Blast campaign as they are comfortably defeated by Surrey at the Kia Oval by six wickets.

French lawmakers approve a six-month rollover of emergency rule in the wake of last week's truck attack on the city of Nice, the third deadly assault in 18 months for which the Islamic State militant group has claimed responsibility.

A group of armed men seized a police station in Armenia's capital Yerevan along with an unknown number of hostages, the country's security service says.

Bangladeshis among 366 migrants are rescued from rickety boats trying to cross the Mediterranean to Italy but at least 20 people were reported to have drowned, Italian police say.

France begins a period of national mourning for the 84 people who died after a "terrorist" drove his truck through a crowd in Nice as they watched Bastille Day fireworks.

World leaders urge "respect for democratic institutions" in key NATO member and European neighbour Turkey as parts of the military launches a coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that sees violence erupt in Istanbul.

Tony Blair overstated the threat posed by Saddam Hussein, sent ill-prepared troops into battle and had "wholly inadequate" plans for the aftermath, the UK's Iraq War inquiry has said.

United Nations Security Council and European Union came down heavily upon the Friday’s militant attack at the Honey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka’s diplomatic zone Gulshan.

Breaking down in tears, Anthony Dunn recalls being branded a traitor and told he should leave the country for campaigning for Britain to stay in the European Union ahead of Thursday's vote.

Belgian police detain a man possibly carrying explosives near a central Brussels shopping centre, triggering a meeting of the prime minister and the national crisis response centre.

The rescue of more than 600 migrants off Libya by a flotilla of EU ships takes the weekly total to at least 13,000, Italian authorities say.

The SWIFT secure messaging service that underpins international banking says it is planning to launch a new security programme as it fights to rebuild its reputation in the wake of the Bangladesh Bank heist.

Prime Minister David Cameron has bought a £1,500 used car as a "cheap run-around" for his wife, according to the salesman he bought it from.

Russia said yesterday it hoped a new ceasefire could be announced within hours for Syria's battered city of Aleppo, where fresh fighting

The younger generation of royals, Prince William, his wife Kate and his brother Prince Harry, host US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle for dinner at Kensington Palace in London, reports NBC News.