Satellite analysis confirms the destruction of the ancient Syrian Temple of Bel in Palmyra, the United Nations says.

Unless something is done to stem the flow of waste to the oceans, virtually every seabird will be ingesting plastic debris by 2050, say scientists.

Friends of the cameraman killed last week while broadcasting in Virginia have gathered to remember him at his former school.

The White House says President Barack Obama is considering "a wide array" of options for closing the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay.

White supremacist Frazier Glenn Cross is found guilty of murdering three people at two Jewish sites in Kansas City last year.

Streaming service pins future on exclusives and originals as it lets deal with movie distributor lapse, meaning the removal of thousands of titles.

Hundreds of migrants reach Vienna after being held at the Hungarian border, as Austria introduces extra checks amid an unprecedented influx.

Campaigners in Argentina find another child abducted from left-wing political prisoners during military rule between 1976 and 1983.