David Cameron is coming under pressure to stop British overseas territories and Crown dependencies being used by the wealthy to reduce their tax bills. A massive data leak from Panama-based…

Forty-seven police officers have been sentenced to life in prison by a special court in India for killing 10 Sikh pilgrims in 1991 and then lying in an attempt to…

The first major temporary truce in Syria’s five-year civil war has come into effect. The “cessation of hostilities” began at midnight (22:00 GMT Friday) with early reports saying front lines…

More than 10 million people in India’s capital are without water despite the army regaining control of its key water source after protests, officials say. Keshav Chandra, head of Delhi’s…

Image captionPeople pray in front of the US Supreme Court after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia The death of one of the most conservative members of the US Supreme…

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has called on Russia to stop hitting civilians in air raids in Syria. Mr Valls said an end to bombing civilians was the key to…

Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders have shaken up the US presidential race with decisive victories in the New Hampshire primary. Billionaire Mr Trump is likely to get more…

At least 45 people have been killed in three blasts near the Shia shrine of Sayyida Zeinab, south of the Syrian capital Damascus, state media say. Scores of people were…

Members of Sri Lanka’s women’s cricket team were forced to perform sexual favours to keep their places in the team, the sports ministry has said. The ministry said evidence of…

At least 43 people have been killed in a shoot-out in the Mexican state of Michoacan. Friday’s gunfight between security forces and an armed gang took place in Tanhuato near…