Spreading awareness with socks: World celebrates Down Syndrome Day
The #LOTSOFSOCKS campaign is once again being used to spread awareness about Down syndrome on World Down Syndrome Day
CCTV footage emerges of Paris Orly gun attack
Footage from the Paris Orly airport attack appears to show the assailant grabbing the soldier and trying to take her gun before being shot
At least four killed in avalanche at French skiing station

At least four people have died in an avalanche at a ski resort in Tignes in...

At least four people have died in an avalanche at a ski...

Thousands of Romanian protesters return to streets for 13th day

Tens of thousands of Romanians returned to the streets in protest on Sunday,...

Tens of thousands of Romanians returned to the streets in...

'Islamophobia' fuelling terrorism – UN chief

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told reporters that...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told...

Turkish army close to taking ISIS-held town, Erdogan says

President Erdogan says Turkey's military incursion into northern Syria aims...

President Erdogan says Turkey's military incursion into...

Crumbling California dam spillway prompts urgent evacuations

At least 130,000 people living below the tallest dam in the United States have...

At least 130,000 people living below the tallest dam in the...

Hamburg airport evacuated after toxin affects 50 passengers

Hamburg airport in Germany was briefly evacuated and at least 50 people were...

Hamburg airport in Germany was briefly evacuated and at...

Centre-left Frank-Walter Steinmeier elected German president

New German president-elect Frank-Walter Steinmeier had described Donald Trump...

New German president-elect Frank-Walter Steinmeier had...

Updated | Switzerland votes to relax citizenship laws

Majority of Swiss voters back proposal to loosen citizenship laws for...

Majority of Swiss voters back proposal to...

North Korea conducts ballistic missile test

Donald Trump pledges that America will stand '100%' behind Japan after...

Donald Trump pledges that America will stand '100%'...

Trump 'considering new executive order' on travel ban

President Trump told reporters on Air Force One that a "brand new...

President Trump told reporters on Air Force One that a...

Italy suspects Russia behind hacking attack on foreign ministry

Italian government official says no classified emails were compromised in...

Italian government official says no classified emails were...

Turkish President Erdoğan approves constitutional change boosting his powers

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has approved a constitutional reform bill paving the way for an executive presidential system

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has approved a...

Brawls break out in South African parliament after denunciation of Zuma

Punches were thrown in South Africa's parliament as opposition MPs tried to disrupt the State of the Nation address by President Jacob...

Punches were thrown in South Africa's parliament...

Hungary to detain migrants in container camps

Budapest has said that it will send all migrants to detention centres while...

Budapest has said that it will send all migrants to...

Mossack Fonseca offices raided over Odebrecht bribery scandal

Panamanian prosecutors raided the offices of Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at...

Panamanian prosecutors raided the offices of Mossack...

US appeals court rules against Trump on travel ban

A federal appeals court has refused to reinstate Donald Trump’s...

A federal appeals court has refused to...

Paris unveils glass wall to protect Eiffel Tower from terror attacks

Bullet-proof glass wall to be built around the Eiffel Tower as a protection...

Bullet-proof glass wall to be built around the Eiffel Tower...

Merkel to present programme to hasten deportation of failed asylum seekers

German chancellor Angela Merkel is set to unveil plans to significantly increase deportations of failed asylum seekers

German chancellor Angela Merkel is set to unveil plans to...