NATO has said it will enhance its military presence in the Baltic Sea after undersea power and internet cables were cut between Estonia and Finland.

A record-breaking number of people voted across the globe in 2024 with consequences not just for their own countries, but for the rest of the world too.

In Russia, size matters when it comes to family.

Weavers of Ireland's famous Donegal tweed have called for a special protected status for their product, as the craft industry battles a raft of cheaper imitations branding themselves as "Donegals". 

Russian air defences may have shot down an Azerbaijan Airlines flight after misidentifying it, according to US military sources.

The man accused of burning a woman to death on a New York subway train has been indicted on murder and arson charges.

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) says a colleague who was injured when deadly Israeli strikes hit an airport in Yemen has been evacuated to Jordan.

An Italian journalist has been detained by Iranian police while reporting in Tehran, Italy's foreign ministry has said.

Father Christmas, driving a sleigh filled with NATO-branded rockets, is shot out of the sky above Moscow in an apparent new piece of Russian propaganda.

Israeli forces have raided a hospital in Gaza, ordering dozens of patients and hundreds of other people to evacuate, according to the Hamas-run Palestinian health ministry.

Police in Northern Ireland once questioned a suspected loyalist terrorist after noticing the man - not known for his personal hygiene - had showered.

Passengers on a Eurostar train from London to Paris say they were stuck for hours in the Channel Tunnel after a train broke down.

South Korea's parliament has voted to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo.

Fifty countries voted in elections in 2024 - a year that also brought extreme global weather events, continued fighting in Ukraine and the Middle East, and rioting across the UK.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he would be open to peace talks with Ukraine in Slovakia "if it comes to that".

An oil tanker transporting oil to Russia, which is suspected of severing power and internet cables in the Baltic Sea, has been seized by Finnish authorities.

Two sailors were killed on separate boats during a yacht race in Australia - adding to the event's long history of deaths.

A Syrian former equestrian champion has told how he was jailed and tortured for 21 years after he beat Bashar al Assad's older brother in a competition.

The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) said he was at Yemen's Sanaa airport when it was hit by Israeli air strikes.

On this day 20 years ago, the world looked aghast as the deadliest tsunami in history ripped across the Indian Ocean. It took just seconds for the Earth's crust to be pulled apart and the devastation it left behind was almost unfathomable.