Edward Brooke, the first black senator to be popularly elected in the US, dies aged 95, Republican Party officials say.

A Roma baby girl is denied a burial plot by a French mayor who says taxpayers are the priority, sparking outrage among activists.

Italian police believe human traffickers made some $3m from 359 illegal migrants found abandoned on a cargo ship in the Mediterranean.

More than 80% of the city's police officers who were due to work on New Year's Eve didn't turn up.

The search for the main wreckage of AirAsia QZ8501 in the Java Sea enters a second week, with weather still frustrating operations.

North Korea says sanctions imposed by the US in response to a cyber-attack against Sony Pictures are hostile and inflammatory.

Rescuers in New Zealand call off their search for three climbers missing presumed dead on Mount Cook, also known as Aoraki.

Mexican authorities arrest 10 more police officers in their inquiry into the disappearance in September of 43 students in Guerrero state.