A court in Russia sentences Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov to 20 years in prison for plotting terrorist acts in Crimea.

Four people are killed and several others injured in a shootout at a Roma camp in north-eastern France, police say.

The Foreign Office says it is "urgently working" with Canadian authorities to learn the identity of the victims of a plane crash in which six people died.

Columbia condemns the expulsion of over 1,000 of its citizens by Venezuela as part of a crackdown on the two countries' long border.

The vast majority of carbon credits generated by Russia and Ukraine do not represent cuts in emissions, according to a new study.

Chinese stocks continue to tumble, though elsewhere in Asia stocks saw modest gains after global markets had been rocked by dramatic losses in the past days.

A Melbourne teenager accused of plotting a terror attack on Anzac Day is released from jail.

An Egyptian government minister calls on the citizens of his country to raise the £15.76m needed to buy an ancient statue.