Europe's aviation watchdog has announced new proposals to make it easier to find flight recorders, known as black boxes, from missing planes.   The plans include extending the...

The world's largest beverage-maker, Coca-Cola, plans to remove a controversial ingredient from some of its drinks brands by the end of this year, following an online...

Thailand's prime minister has appeared before the Constitutional Court in Bangkok to defend herself against allegations of abuse of power.   The complaint was filed by senators who said...

The Greek coastguard say two boats carrying migrants have capsized in the Aegean Sea.   At least 22 people have drowned and another seven are missing.   Thirty-six survivors have...

Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram has threatened to "sell" the hundreds of schoolgirls it abducted three weeks ago.   Militant leader Abubakar Shekau sent a video...

Libya's Congress leader has rejected the appointment of a new interim prime minister hours after he was sworn in.   Ahmed Maitig thought he had secured the support of 121 deputies after...

Fears of an impending offensive by Ukrainian forces are growing in the pro-Russian stronghold of Sloviansk, sources inside the city say.   Ukraine's army cut off the main road into the...

The Libyan parliament has elected a businessman, Ahmed Maitig, to become the country's next prime minister, in a controversial vote.   Mr Maitig secured 121 votes in a confidence vote on...

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has been released from custody over a 1972 murder and a file will be sent to the Public Prosecution Service, police have confirmed.   Mr Adams had been...

Gay rights groups in France have voiced anger after a judge prevented a French lesbian couple from adopting an infant.   The boy, now aged four, was conceived through artificial insemination...