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Thousands of demonstrators gathered in central London on Saturday to march in protest against last week's vote to leave the European Union, a result that has plunged Britain into political chaos and which most people in the capital rejected.

Five people were killed and another 22 were wounded early on Saturday when a man entered a cafe in northern Serbia and opened fire with an assault rifle, police said.

Signs that the gas industry may be uncorking a new climate genie are growing.

A German tourist has died while trying to take a photo from an off-limits area of Machu Picchu.

Tin Nyo Win thought he was doing the right thing to help free his pregnant wife from slavery inside a Thai prawn peeling shed. But they are not free.

Hundreds of animals are being set free as the Argentinian capital Buenos Aires closes an old favourite attraction.

A forthcoming issue of Marvel's Civil War II: Choosing Sides series features on its cover a smiling, well-toned Justin Trudeau sitting at the corner of a boxing ring.

Bangladesh security forces Bangladesh security forces are moving to end a 10-hour stand-off with militants who took dozens of people hostage Dhaka restaurant.

The rise of self-driving cars is fuelled by the belief computers can drive more safely than humans. But that view is now in question.

Less than an hour before it was set to come in to effect, a judge has blocked a Mississippi law that would have given special protections to opponents of same-sex marriage.

A 13-year-old died from a gunshot wound to to the head in Philadelphia on Wednesday after a group of teenagers found the gun in an abandoned house.

Austria's presidential election runoff must be held again, the Constitutional Court ruled on Friday, handing the Freedom Party another chance to become the first far-right head of state in the EU.

UK's Justice Secretary Michael Gove has made his leadership pitch, arguing that he should be Britain's next leader because he is passionately committed to leaving the European Union.

Protesters marched against Hong Kong's top leader Friday in a demonstration that was aimed at underscoring widening social rifts as the Asian financial hub heads into a year of intense politicking.

The Taiwanese navy has mistakenly launched a supersonic "aircraft carrier killer" missile in the direction of mainland China as the Communist Party marked its 95th anniversary in Beijing, in a costly blunder which killed a Taiwanese fisherman and injured three others.

A Palestinian teenager scrambled over a fence, ran into a house and stabbed an Israeli-American girl to death as she slept.

Boris Johnson has withdrawn from the race to be the next British prime minister, less than a week after leading the Leave campaign to victory.

More than 100 Nobel laureates have a message for Greenpeace: Quit the GMO-bashing.

Within one year, transgender individuals would be allowed to join the armed forces, provided they have been "stable" in their preferred gender for 18 months, he said.