[BBC] – At least 50 people have died and thousands have been left homeless after severe flooding in the south-west of the Democratic Republic of

[BBC] – The Syrian government and rebel groups have agreed a nationwide ceasefire from midnight local time (22:00 GMT) on Thursday, followed by peace talks.

[BBC] – A US team visiting India’s north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh has recovered what it says are possible remains of US soldiers who died

[BBC] – Nigeria has confiscated 102 bags of “plastic rice” smuggled into the country by unscrupulous businessmen, the customs service says. Lagos customs chief Haruna

[BBC] – The German authorities say they cannot be sure if a man in custody was behind Monday’s lorry attack on a Berlin Christmas market

[BBC] – Russia’s intelligence services are to develop extra security measures for its embassies following the killing of its ambassador to Turkey. Andrei Karlov was

[BBC] – A gunman has shot dead Russia’s ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, apparently in protest at Russia’s involvement in the Syrian conflict. Several other

[NY TIMES, PARIS]— Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, was found guilty on Monday of criminal charges linked to the

[BBC] – Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor has died at he age of 99 after suffering a heart attack, her husband has confirmed. On the point

[BBC] – Thousands of people, including dozens of orphans, have left Aleppo in one of the besieged Syrian city’s biggest evacuations yet. More than 4,500