The decision to fly Union Flags at half-mast as a mark of respect following the death of Saudi Arabia’s king has drawn heavy criticism from politicians and human rights campaigners. Downing Street...

Talks on the crisis in Ukraine have led to an agreement to pull back heavy weaponry from a demarcation line defined in last year’s Minsk agreement. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier...

Two Canadian police officers have been seriously wounded after they were shot in a casino in Alberta.Both are being treated in hospital. Constable David Matthew Wynn, 42, is in “grave condition,”...

Parts of the UK have woken to snow and icy conditions with gritters out in force overnight and commuters warned to expect disruption. Forecasters have warned of heavy snow showers into Wednesday morning,...

The discovery of debris from AirAsia Flight QZ8501 means investigators have taken a big step toward answering the questions haunting the families of those aboard the doomed plane. What are the key questions,...

Relatives of passengers from missing AirAsia Flight QZ8501 will be flown over the search area Wednesday in a specially chartered plane, AirAsia Indonesia CEO Sunu Widjatmoko told reporters. [Last update...

The missing AirAsia passenger plane “is likely at the bottom of the sea”, the chief of Indonesia’s search effort has said.Bambang Soelistyo added that an initial investigation into the...

Ukraine has begun exchanging hundreds of prisoners with pro-Russian rebels as part of a 12-point peace plan.The swap – 125 Ukrainian servicemen for 225 separatists – was agreed during talks...

The investigation into the police raid which ended a 16-hour siege in a Sydney cafe is well advanced, the head of the New South Wales police has said. Commissioner Andrew Scipione said he believed officers...

The deadly siege of a central Sydney cafe has ended but the investigation is just beginning.Australian authorities stormed the cafe where a self-styled Muslim cleric had been holding hostages early Tuesday,...