Update 3 | Third Brussels attacks suspect still on the run - prosecutor
Police find suicide bomber's will on computer • Khalid el-Bakroui identified as the metro suicide bomber • Two victims have been identified
Brussels attacks: Police name brothers Khalid and Brahim el-Bakraoui as suicide bombers
Both brothers were known to the police, with one being sought for terrorist activities and the other reportedly on the run after a sentence for other criminal activity
China detains Swedish human rights activist

Chinese Urgent Action Working Group (China Action) says its founder, Peter...

Chinese Urgent Action Working Group (China Action) says its...

US apologises after American sailors enter Iranian waters

US officials have said the sailors - nine men and a woman - are likely to be...

US officials have said the sailors - nine men and a woman -...

State of the Union address: Obama optimistic on economy, calls for end to divisive politics

Obama focused on the need to tackle income inequality, use technology to combat climate change and maintain national security while not becoming mired in...

Obama focused on the need to tackle income inequality, use...

Wife of jailed human rights activist being held in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabian authorities have arrested Samar Badawi, the wife of jailed...

Saudi Arabian authorities have arrested Samar Badawi, the...

Bomb blast near Pakistan polio vaccination centre kills 14

It is not yet clear who carried out the bombing and whether the attackers...

It is not yet clear who carried out the bombing and whether...

Two hostages freed in Libya, sent to Malta

Two European hostages held in Libya since March are freed and sent to Malta

Two European hostages held in Libya since March are freed...

Updated | Tourists among those killed in Istanbul bomb blast

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed that foreign tourists were...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed that...

Over 200 far-right supporters arrested as Leipzig rally spirals out of control

Some 2,000 supporters of Legida, the Leipzig version of the Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West movement (Pegida), marched through the...

Some 2,000 supporters of Legida, the Leipzig version of the...

CCTV images of Paris attacks suspect released

CCTV images show suspect Salah Abdeslam at a French petrol station a day after...

CCTV images show suspect Salah Abdeslam at a French petrol...

Germany sends refugees back to Austria

Austrian police claim that Germany is sending rising numbers of refugees back to Austria

Austrian police claim that Germany is sending rising...

UK hospitals face disruption as junior doctors launch 24-hour walkout

Hospitals have so far postponed 4,000 routine treatments, while appointments...

Hospitals have so far postponed 4,000 routine treatments,...

Aid agencies: One-off aid convoys won’t save starving Syrians

Civilians are still not allowed to move in or out of besieged areas, with...

Civilians are still not allowed to move in or out of...

'400 Madaya residents need urgent medical evacuation' - UN

Earlier, an aid convoy brought food to 40,000 town residents who have been...

Earlier, an aid convoy brought food to 40,000 town...

Swedish police probe alleged ‘migrant assault cover-up’

Swedish police launch internal investigation into claims it had covered up...

Swedish police launch internal investigation into claims it...

Unknown men assault and injure migrants in Cologne

Pakistani and Syrian migrants injured in two separate attacks by unknown...

Pakistani and Syrian migrants injured in two separate...

Legendary artist David Bowie dead at 69 after battle with cancer

Singer-songwriter dabbled in glam rock, art rock, soul, hard rock, dance pop,...

Singer-songwriter dabbled in glam rock, art rock, soul,...

“El Chapo” extradition process to the US begins

Mexico starts formal extradition process to the US for drug lors Joaquin...

Mexico starts formal extradition process to the US for drug...

Thousands gather in Paris as France remembers terrorism victims

France President Francois Hollande leads ceremony in Place de la Republique in...

France President Francois Hollande leads ceremony in Place...