Pope Francis urged people to “make children” as he made his first papal visit to the French island of Corsica on Sunday. Francis also called for a dynamic form of laicism, promoting the kind of ...

The UK and Australia are also trying to develop underwater capability and share information. Australia is to equip its Hunter Class frigates with Thales’s 2087 sonar which could contribute around £45 ...

The military juntas of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso announced in January that they had decided to leave Ecowas.

The death toll in the French territory of Mayotte from Cyclone Chido is “several hundred” and may be close to 1,000, the island’s top government official has said. Mayotte Prefect Francois-Xavier ...

French police are investigating the deaths of five people who were fatally shot in the Dunkirk area of northern France on Saturday. A 22-year-old man later turned himself in to police, according to ...

The UK has announced £50 million of humanitarian aid for vulnerable Syrians across the Middle East after the overthrow of Bashar Assad’s regime. The emergency support will be delivered through the UN ...

Six other people needed hospital treatment following the crash on Cook Street in the Tradeston area of the city at about 5.55pm on Saturday. Footage posted online showed the First Bus wedged under the ...

At least one person has died after two Russian oil tankers were badly damaged in a storm in the Kerch Strait, spilling oil and sparking an emergency rescue operation, Russian officials told state news ...

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was discharged from hospital on Sunday after undergoing surgery to stop a brain bleed. The 79-year-old president appeared at a press conference on Sunday ...

Police have launched a murder inquiry following the “brutal and senseless” death of a woman in Co Down. The victim, who suffered a head injury, has been named as Karen Cummings, 40. Two men have been ...

Fat Tony has alleged he was left with facial injuries after an incident where he was hit at a gig. The DJ and podcaster, real name Anthony Marnoch, who performed on Friday at Lido Margate in Kent, ...

For two weeks in December, 66 Christine Avenue becomes Santa's Garden - a Christmas lights display that takes up the entire front and back garden of the house. Mick and Norma Gale organise and prepare ...