The EU will give fresh impetus next month to Turkey's bid to join the 28-nation bloc by opening talks on economic policy, Turkey says.

The Turkish military releases an audio recording of what it says were warnings to a Russian warplane before it was shot down on the Syrian border.

A man who was filming on his phone while driving past a bushfire says he is lucky to be alive, after the flames engulfed his car.

Pope Francis celebrates Mass with many thousands of people in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, on his first visit as pontiff to Africa.

Republican presidential contender Donald Trump is criticised for mocking a disabled New York Times reporter.

A newborn baby has been called ''a miracle child'' after being found in the nativity manger of the Holy Child Jesus Church in Queens, New York.

A man who killed his wife and posted a photo of the corpse on Facebook is found guilty of murder by a jury in Florida.

A mother who left her newborn baby in a manger in a nativity scene in a New York church has been found and will not be charged, officials say.

Young professionals leave London and head to Ghana

Crimea in the dark in sabotage row