Swiss banks report suspicious activity around accounts of football's world governing body Fifa, says the Swiss attorney general.

President Vladimir Putin says Russia will add more than 40 intercontinental ballistic missiles to its nuclear arsenal in 2015.

UK intelligence agents move because Russia and China have access to classified information which reveals how they operate, a senior government source says.

A young South African man who had the world's first successful penis transplant last December has impregnates his girlfriend.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that time is running out for a deal to keep Greece in the eurozone.

After reigning on the big screen with their acting prowess, Shah Rukh Khan and Priyanka Chopra have now taken over the virtual world, coming out as the King and Queen of Social Media.

The European Union responds angrily to Russia's entry ban against 89 European politicians, officials and military leaders.

Fifa executives accepted bribes to help secure the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the US Attorney General Loretta Lynch has said.

Sweden, Russia and Italy are among the favourites to win the 60th annual Eurovision Song Contest, which takes place in Vienna later.

The 2400-megawatt Rooppur nuclear power project is likely to cost around $10 billion, more than three times the initial estimate of the government.

A Russian rocket carrying a Mexican satellite has malfunctioned and crashed in Siberia, Russia's space agency says.

Campaigners are urging Facebook to act against what they describe as Russian attempts to silence pro-Ukrainian voices.

An investigation by Russian opposition activists concludes that 220 Russian soldiers died in two major battles in eastern Ukraine.

The Russian space agency says that its out-of-control spacecraft has burnt up as it re-entered the Earth's atmosphere.

Foreign politicians is congratulating UK Prime Minister David Cameron on the election victory of his governing Conservative Party.

The US accuses Russia of deploying more air defence systems in eastern Ukraine in breach of ceasefire deal

A Ukrainian journalist known for his pro-Russian views has been shot dead in the capital Kiev.

United States President Barack Obama drops out from the top 10 influentials list made by the voters – half of whom were from inside the US.

Russia and Ukraine agree to call for the withdrawal of more types of weapons in Ukraine's east, as fresh clashes renew fears for a truce there.

Germany plans to bring 100 mothballed tanks back into service in what is widely seen as a response to rising tensions with Russia over Ukraine.