The World Health Organization is to conduct an examination into the risks of holding the Olympic Games in Brazil because of the Zika virus.

Prosecutors seek to put pressure on Russia to give information about the downing of Flight MH17 in 2014, in which 298 people were killed.

Nigerian researchers say they have found a pesticide capable of killing a moth which has ravaged the country's tomato crop.

Boxing legend Muhammad Ali is still in hospital two days after being admitted with a respiratory issue.

The bodies of four missing US soldiers are recovered near Fort Hood army base, Texas, bringing the death toll from a flooding accident to nine.

Three-time world heavyweight boxing champion, who became one of the world's best-known sportsmen, dies aged 74 after suffering from respiratory illness

Cancer is entering a "new era" of personalised medicine with drugs targeted to the specific weaknesses in each patient's tumour, say doctors.

The levels of the River Seine in Paris start dropping slightly after reaching a 34-year high on Friday, but the city remains on alert.