A tiger escaped from a circus in Sicily, running along the road in a town near Palermo before being recaptured.
Emmanuelle Riva, a French star of screen and stage who was nominated for an Academy Award for best actress in 2013, has died.
Swedish photographer Lennart Nilsson, whose pictures of foetuses developing in the womb illustrated a 1965 book that was translated into several languages, has died at the age of 94.
The Gambia official accused of overseeing the torture of prisoners under former leader Yahya Jammeh has been arrested, police in Senegal say.
Hard-left Socialist rebel Benoit Hamon is heading into France's left-wing presidential primary as a surprising favourite to beat the pro-business pragmatist Manuel Valls.
Former UK foreign secretary David Miliband has called American president Donald Trump's suspension of the US refugee resettlement initiative a "harmful and hasty" decision.
Iraqi forces have discovered a chemical warfare agent in Mosul alongside a cache of Russian surface-to-surface missiles.
A Pakistani university professor and human rights activist who went missing earlier this month has returned home, police and family members said.
US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin have agreed to work closely together and boost ties between the powers, the Kremlin said.
People across China are lighting incense sticks and praying at temples to wish for an auspicious start to the Lunar New Year.
Top Mexican political figures are debating how to fight back against US president Donald Trump's aggressive stance on trade and immigration.
Authorities say they have solved the 1976 rape and killing of the ex-wife of Righteous Brothers singer Bill Medley, using a controversial DNA testing method.
The fall-out from President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown widened as residents and visa-holders from seven Muslim-majority countries who had left the United States found they could not return for 90 days.
Visits to Auschwitz are an important education for young people against an increasing level of Holocaust denial statements online, it has been claimed.
Carl Frampton and Leo Santa Cruz will go toe-to-toe for the final time before their World title match in the MGM Grand at the weekend - and you can watch the weigh-in right here.
Flames from more than 100 raging wildfires in Chile are continuing to spread quickly from the mountains to the Pacific Ocean.
US vice president Mike Pence has told the annual March for Life rally in Washington that ending taxpayer-funded abortion is an important priority of president Donald Trump.
US president Donald Trump did not say he wanted to ban shows with gay-themed content from television, including Fox's Empire, despite the claims of a widely-shared story quoting him in a purported interview with Fox News.
Stars including Celine Dion, Andra Day, John Legend and Keith Urban are set to take part in a concert paying tribute to The Bee Gees.
Las Vegas fight promoters - so wary of running out of beer to fuel Carl Frampton's thirsty fans - have stockpiled drink to stop the bars running dry.
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