Prolonged drought and extreme heat across Europe have also triggered an energy crisis. For the first time ever, Hungary announced the shutdown of the country’s only nuclear power plant, after water levels in the Danube fell to a record low. Peter ...

Mali's international Mamadou Sangaré is heading to the Premier League following a stellar season with french club Lens. He has officially joined Brentford in a landmark €48 million transfer, setting a new record sale for the French club.

Colombia’s government has blamed rebel groups for a truck bomb that wounded 14 people near the border with Venezuela. The attack came less than a week before President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella is due to take office. He has said he plans to e...

Eleven foreign tourists and two crew members have been killed after a small sightseeing plane crashed shortly after take-off in Peru. The cause of the crash is not yet known, and an investigation is underway. Peter O' Brien has more.

Spain has installed a 500-metre-long sea barrier between its North African enclave of Ceuta and neighbouring Morocco. It comes after tens of thousands of migrants breached the border earlier this week, with at least 67 people dying in the attempt. W...

Here in France, a wildfire in the mountainous southeastern Var department, which had been brought under control three days ago, flared up again on Friday, forcing authorities to evacuate nearly 2,500 people overnight. Meanwhile, our reporter James A...

The effects of human-made climate change are being felt across Europe during this sweltering summer, from record heat-related deaths in Austria, Britain, France and Germany, to tinderbox conditions fuelling historic wildfires in Spain, France and el...

Israel carried out overnight strikes in Gaza, killing at least eight people. This is a look at the Strip this Sunday morning. In one attack, an Israeli military helicopter struck an apartment, killing a husband and wife. In another, an elderly man a...

A blast near the centre of Moscow has killed at least three people and injured 21 others. It happened at around 8pm local time, when a homemade explosive device detonated as a woman tried to enter a restaurant and was stopped by a security guard, ac...

The southeastern city of Yangsan saw the temperature reach 42.5C at 1:26 pm (0426 GMT), the Korea Meteorological Administration said on its website. Yangsan has been the epicentre of the ongoing heatwave, where temperatures exceeded 40C for a fifth...

Deputy police inspector-general Sanjeewa Medawatte said the situation was under control after inmates destroyed multiple buildings on Saturday inside Mahara Prison, just outside the capital Colombo. "We got reinforcements from the armed forces and ...

Fears had been mounting that the fighting could escalate once again after Trump threatened to hit Iran "very hard" and was reportedly considering renewed heavy attacks, including against energy infrastructure. But the US leader appeared to a have c...

Rather than focusing on heritage or artisanal craftsmanship promoted in similar campaigns in Italy or France, Lithuania and its Baltic neighbours Estonia and Latvia are highlighting they are home to innovation. The three countries have a growing nu...

Two weeks after Argentina's loss to Spain in the World Cup final, Messi was back on the pitch, entering in the 53rd minute to the delight of fans at Miami's Nu Stadium. But Messi could not mark his return with a goal, twice shooting wide. Uruguaya...

Price rises for goods such as laptops and smartphones, with cars potentially next, have been an unwelcome side-effect of the artificial intelligence gold rush -- and the squeeze is far from over. Samsung Electronics' chief financial officer said th...