World News
-
Ireland hosts festive tree throwing battle
Ireland's one and only festive fir fling competition gets underway.
-
Fire and Fury: Trump allies dismiss 'fantasy book'
The White House ups its offensive against a damaging portrayal of US President Donald Trump.
-
Egypt's ex-PM backs out of Sisi challenge
Ex-Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq was arrested in the UAE after announcing plans to run for president.
-
Boris Becker responds to 'clearly racist' AfD tweet
The German tennis champion says a far-right MP must face "consequences" over a post from his account.
-
Snowing or glowing?
Social media reaction as the eastern US freezes while Australia's Sydney swelters.
-
Stockholm station blast: Man dies in 'hand grenade' explosion
The 60 year old picked up an object, reportedly a hand grenade, outside an underground station.
-
France Gall, French singer who shot to fame in 1960s, dies
Seen as an icon of French music, she rose to international fame in a career that spanned 50 years.
-
Myanmar Rohingya militants Arsa vow to fight on after attack
The Rohingya group says it targeted the Burmese military in an attack on Friday.
-
Syria war: Russia thwarts drone attack on Hmeimim airbase
Russian forces shot down an unmanned aircraft attempting to bomb the airbase at Hmeimim, reports say.
-
Cyber battle on the streets
Aside from the street protests, the state and its critics are engaged in a major struggle online.
-
'Pioneer' astronaut John Young dies
US astronaut John Young, who flew to the moon twice and commanded the first ever space shuttle mission, has died aged 87, Nasa said.
-
Sydney swelters in hottest day since 1939 as mercury hits 47.3C
Temperatures near the Australian city reach 47.3C (117F), prompting severe fire warnings.