An image of a little boy wearing a bright red t-shirt and shorts lying face-down in the surf on a beach in one of Turkey's prime tourist resorts sweeps across social media.

Thousands of migrants are arriving in mainland Greece as the government prepares for talks on tackling the huge number of people reaching its shores.

A satellite image confirms that the main temple in the ancient city of Palmyra in northern Syria has been destroyed, the United Nations says.

Palmyra's ancient Temple of Bel is still standing despite an attempt by Islamic State (IS) militants to blow it up, Syria antiquities chief says.

The Islamic State (IS) militant group has destroyed part of another temple at the ancient Syrian site of Palmyra, activists and witnesses say.

Three people have been arrested in Libya on suspicion of involvement in launching a boat packed with migrants.

The UN says "much more is required" to prevent the deaths of migrants fleeing to Europe after hundreds were reported dead in recent days.

A Virginia teenager is set to be sentenced for helping another teen travel to Syria to join the Islamic State and providing other aid to the militant group.

People around the world are living longer, but many are also living sicker lives for longer, according to a study.

But it does not need Economist Intelligence Unit’s ranking for anybody to know that Dhaka has been rotting, stinking and becoming more terrible to live in every year.

Ayoub El Khazzani is said to have told investigators he is "dumbfounded" by accusations he was intending to carry out a terror attack, and insists he was only trying to rob passengers.

Islamic State militants have destroyed Palmyra's ancient temple of Baalshamin, Syrian officials and activists say.

The Italian navy organizes the rescue of around 4,400 migrants in waters off the Libyan coast, prompted by requests for help received from nearly two dozen boats, in one of the biggest multi-national operations so far.

Authorities interrogate a suspected jihadist gunman who was overpowered by passengers on a packed Amsterdam-Paris train, as officials say he had visited Syria and was known to intelligence services

Globalisation is supposed to tear down barriers, but security fears and a widespread refusal to help migrants and refugees have fuelled a new spate of wall-building across the world, even if experts doubt their long-term effectiveness.

A deputy leader of Islamic State (IS), Fadhil Ahmad al-Hayali, has been killed in a US military strike in northern Iraq, the White House says.

Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria have demolished a Christian monastery in al-Qaryatain town in Homs province.

Eight Turkish soldiers have been killed in a bomb attack in the south-eastern province of Siirt, the army says.

The World Health Organization is calling for "intensified action" to protect health workers treating people in crisis and conflict zone.

A Syrian government warplane crashes in a marketplace in the north-western town of Ariha, killing 17 people.