• The prosecutor in the trial in which Silvio Berlusconi is accused of paying for underage sex is been sent a letter containing bullets.
  • President expected to move drone policy to Pentagon in major counter-terrorism speech outlining new legal guidelines The White House was due to announce a series of measures aimed at moving the controversial US drone killings programme out of the "legal shadows" on Thursday. In a major counter-terro...
  • President Barack Obama is expected to defend US drone strikes and promise more transparency over the programme, in a major counter-terrorism speech.
  • NIAMEY (Reuters) - Islamist suicide bombers struck a barracks and a French-run uranium mine in Niger on Thursday, officials said, killing 20 people and wounding dozens in attacks that showed armed unrest spreading across West Africa.
  • Islamist militants staged brazen twin car bomb attacks on an army base and a French-run uranium mine in Niger, killing at least 19 people and taking several trainee army officers hostage, the government said.    
  • A number of people are wounded in bomb attacks in north-western Niger on a military camp and a French-run uranium mine, officials say.
  • A man is arrested in connection with a fatal fire in Essex in which six members of a family died.
  • A woman who took to Twitter to say she had knocked a cyclist off his bike tells the BBC it was the "biggest mistake of my life".
  • Officials in the Philippines are up in arms at Dan Brown's description of the capital Manila as "the gates of hell" in his latest book.    
  • The best-selling author provokes anger in the Philippines after referring to the capital of Manila as "the gates of hell".
  • The judge ruled against Maria Alyokhina, 24, saying she did not qualify for parole because she had violated prison rules, including by refusing to make her bed or wear a headscarf while sewing, and by writing letters during meal times.    
  • A list of the oddest and most enigmatic new creatures to be discovered in the natural world last year has compiled by scientists.    
  • A suspect in the killing of a British soldier in Woolwich was described today as a "nasty kid" who had once punched a young girl in the face.    
  • A suspect in the killing of a British soldier in Woolwich has been described today as a "nasty kid" who had once punched a young girl in the face.    
  • Necklace of 'high value' is taken from resort of Cap d'Antibes near Cannes Police say an expensive necklace was stolen overnight in the luxurious resort town of Cap d'Antibes, the second jewellery theft on the French Riviera during the Cannes film festival. A police official said on Thursday that th...
  • IMF chief questioned in court over her role in a 403 million-euro arbitration payment made to a supporter of former president Nicolas Sarkozy.    
  • IMF chief Christine Lagarde arrives at a Paris court for questioning over a payout to a tycoon when she was French finance minister.
  • PARIS (Reuters) - IMF chief Christine Lagarde arrived in court on Thursday to be questioned by a French magistrate over her role in a 285-million-euro ($366 million) arbitration payment made to a supporter of former president Nico...
  • Aerial footage shot by Los Angeles police shows a black bear on the loose in a Los Angeles suburb before it was caught by wildlife officials.
  • A Russian drifting Arctic research station is to be evacuated because the ice field around it is melting, the environment ministry in Moscow reports.
  • Nissan has recalled nearly 134.000 Micras because of a manufacturing problem which could see the steering wheel come off.    
  • Nissan says it plans to recall about 841,000 vehicles worldwide, 133,869 of them in the UK, due to a faulty steering wheel.
  • TOKYO (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co Ltd will recall about 841,000 vehicles worldwide including the Micra compact car, also known as the March, as a result of a steering wheel glitch, Japan's No.2 automaker said on Thursday.
  • Eddie Ahern will have the full support of the Professional Jockeys' Association when he appeals against his 10-year ban.
  • Russian businessman Alexander Lebedev is to call a martial arts expert to testify in his hooliganism trial in an attempt to prove he did not hit a property tycoon with serious blows during a TV show.    
  • Robert Redford receives a standing ovation for his performance in his survival-at-sea epic All Is Lost at a Cannes Film Festival screening.
  • "Heavy-handed" police criticised after banning grandmother, 86, from making giant Double Gloucester.    
  • Ukip order suspension from European Parliament of MEP who delivered racist tirade against Italy's first black government minister.    

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