Nebraska has carried out its first execution in more than two decades with a drug combination never tried before, including the first use of the powerful opioid fentanyl, which has become the focal point

Colombia's government is blocking treasure hunters from salvaging what they are calling "the holy grail of shipwrecks". The ship, the Spanish galleon known as the San Jose, which sank more than 300 years ago,

Turkey is in the middle of a financial crisis with the collapse of its currency, lira, in recent days amid worsening relations with its NATO ally, the United States.  Here are six things you

A community radio station is providing practical solutions to refugees who have recently arrived in France. The show called 'Stalingrad Connection' is run by volunteers in several languages and offers a mix of news

Spain and Portugal have offered to take in most of the 141 refugees and migrants on board the Aquarius, resolving a new standoff over the rescue ship. On Tuesday, Madrid said it would accept 60

Labour, under the leadership Jeremy Corbyn, a leftist, has spent more than two years at the centre of a row concerning the extent to which anti-Semitism exists in the party. Many Corbyn supporters see

A bridge has collapsed in Italy's northwestern city of Genoa sending vehicles falling nearly 100 metres to the ground and killing at least 22 people, according to local authorities. The death toll is expected

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced a controversial plan to scrap fuel subsidies in a bid to combat what he calls rampant smuggling. The government of the economically-ravaged country has for many years heavily

As Afghan security forces backed by US airpower continue to battle Taliban fighters in the eastern city of Ghazni, hundreds of civilians have been displaced with little means to survive. Fighting raged for a fifth-straight

BEIRUT: The political wing of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has been to Damascus for a second round of talks with the state, the pro-government Al-Watan newspaper said on Tuesday.A delegation including members