The 2016 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine goes to Yoshinori Ohsumi for discoveries about the secrets of how cells can remain healthy by recycling waste.

Eurostar passengers experienced delays earlier on Sunday after a train hit a wild boar that had strayed on to the track in northern France.

Germany's top firms rush to defend Deutsche Bank amid concerns over the troubled lender's financial health.

Colombians reject a landmark peace deal with Farc rebels in a shock referendum result, with 50.24% voting against it.

The United States dominate the final-day singles to win the Ryder Cup for the first time since 2008, beating Europe 17-11 at Hazeltine.

One of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in recent years is moving across the Caribbean towards Jamaica, Haiti and eastern Cuba.

Kim Kardashian has been held at gunpoint by armed masked men in a luxury residence in Paris, police say.

Taliban militants have been repelled following a co-ordinated attack on the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, officials say.