Typhoon Soulik makes landfall in Taiwan, bringing strong winds and torrential rain to the island.

Four South American countries say they will recall some of their ambassadors after the Bolivian president's plane was banned from European airspace.

Scientists release microscopic images of fragments of the meteorite that struck Russia near the city of Chelyabinsk in February.

Canadian police say 28 bodies have been found one week after the train disaster in Lac-Megantic, as a town vigil is cancelled over safety concerns.

Flights resume at Heathrow Airport after runways were closed for 90 minutes due to a fire on a parked Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet.

Rescue efforts are continuing to find the passengers of a train that crashed at Bretigny-sur-Orge, south of Paris, killing at least six people.

Health officials in Saudi Arabia are asking pilgrims visiting the country's holy sites to wear masks to stop the MERS coronavirus spreading.

A Guatemalan appeals court rules that Waldemar Lorenzana, who is wanted by the US for his alleged ties to Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel, can be extradited