The public articulation by Donald Trump of a new desired target for NATO allies to spend 5% of national income on defence will surely plunge governments across Europe into crisis mode - not least here in the UK.

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its allied militias are committing genocide in Sudan while waging war against the army for control of the country, Joe Biden's US administration has determined - two weeks before leaving office.

US president-elect Donald Trump has refused to rule out military or economic action to seize the Panama Canal and Greenland - as he said he believes NATO spending should be increased to 5% per member state.

Donald Trump's threat that "all hell will break loose" if the Gaza hostages aren't released by his inauguration is, by my calculation, the third time he's used similar language since winning November's US presidential election.

Bird feathers have been found in the engine of a South Korean passenger jet that crashed, killing 179 people.

Two British men have been missing for nearly a week in the Dolomites in northern Italy.

A body believed to be that of missing Belfast man John George has been found in Spain.

Lead pollution in ancient Rome may have dropped the average IQ by up to three points, a new study has found.

US military chiefs have confirmed that 11 men, detained without charge for more than two decades at Guantanamo Bay, have left Cuba.

At least nine workers are trapped inside a flooded coal mine in northeast India, with at least three feared dead.

Jean-Marie Le Pen was variously loved and loathed - but he changed the shape of modern French politics.

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of the French far-right National Front party, has died aged 96.

Cameron Norrie has said he is disappointed in himself for flinging his racket into the crowd and hitting a spectator during a tournament.

Australia's prime minister has said it is "not on" to use portable cabanas to reserve spots on the country's beaches.

Hundreds of British politicians have called on the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to boycott next month's Champions Trophy match against Afghanistan.

The resonance of the name Charlie Hebdo still rings loudly, a decade after the horrific attack on its offices. But the questions it raised have still not been answered.

A paper clip-sized chameleon and the whale shark are among the threatened species of animals and plants being monitored by conservationists this year.

At least 126 people have died and many are feared trapped after a strong earthquake in China, according to state media.

Donald Trump Jr is set to visit Greenland - days after his father Donald Trump floated taking control of the Arctic island.