Obama in Vietnam: Arms and trade deal on agenda as trip begins

Mr Obama is the first president in 10 years to visit Vietnam, and the third since the war end...

Cannes 2016: Ken Loach's I, Daniel Blake wins Palme d'Or

British director Ken Loach's film I, Daniel Blake has won the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festiva...

Falluja assault: Iraq PM announces beginning of military operation

Islamic State group: The full story Islamic State: An invincible force? Who is Islamic State leader ? Abu Bakr...

Thailand school dormitory fire kills 17 schoolgirls

Firefighters put a ladder up to a second floor window at Pithakkiart Witthaya school in Chiang Ra...

Parliament in Turkey backs lifting immunity from prosecution

Outgoing PM Ahmet Davutoglu (centre) and his ruling party legislators vote on the bi...

Iraq crisis: Green Zone protests end in violence

Calm has been restored in Baghdad, hours after security forces opened fire to s...

Obama pushes for more Zika funding in US

President Barack Obama has criticised the US Congress for failing to back his request for a $ 1.9bn (£ 1.25bn) fund to...

Syrian refugee wins appeal against forced return to Turkey

The EU-Turkey migration deal has been thrown further into chaos after an independent authority examining appeals claims...

Polarised Austria faces presidential vote

Norbert Hofer won more than a third of the vote in the first round of the presidential vo...

Florida crocodiles: Man-eating Nile beasts confirmed in swamps

Unlike local alligators, the species preys on humans and is thought to be responsible for up to 200 deaths a year at...

Indians demand government action after temperatures hit 51C

Residents of a city in the north-west of India have called for government action as temperatures reached 51C (123.8F),...

Man charged with attempted murder over Sainsbury's car park stabbings

A man has been charged with attempted murder in connection...

India's Narendra Modi woos Iranian leaders

Prime Minister Modi (R) hopes for a constructive dialogue with President Rouha...

Oklahoma governor vetoes bill to criminalise abortions

Although she opposes abortion, she said the measure was vague and would not withstand a legal challeng...

Mexico approves El Chapo's extradition to US to face charges

Mexico's foreign ministry has approved the extradition of cartel kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán to the United S...

Jeremy Corbyn to call for 're-industrialisation for digital age' Labour leader to tell conference on state of the economy that party will always seek to fairly distribute the rewards of growth

Jeremy Corbyn is to put big business on notice by saying that Labour will "always seek to distribute the rewards...

Philippine mayor offers bounty money for shooting criminals

Mayor-elect Tomas Osmena says "what is important is that the robbers will be scared" ...

India records its hottest day ever

 From the section India Indians rest in unused water pipes to avoid the heat on a hot summer day in New Delhi,...