Italian coastguards rescue 539 people from a small fishing boat believed to have set off from Libya.

The verdict comes two years after a video sting ended Heinz-Christian Strache's political career.

Police believe the woman was posing as a mourner to strip valuables from the recently deceased.

The former EU Brexit negotiator says he will take on Emmanuel Macron in the elections next spring.

Aid agencies on the French coast are preparing for a new influx of migrants trying to get to the UK.

They say a tiny island off Greenland's coast was discovered by luck during a recent expedition.

BBC Sport's Simon Stone details the journey of Cristiano Ronaldo's shock return to Manchester United.

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson's claim comes after a meeting with Taoiseach Micheál Martin in Dublin.

One of Afghanistan's first female mayors, Zarifa Ghafari, describes her dramatic escape to Germany.

Next month, Germans choose a new government. This is how the vote works.

Security personnel were called in to remove several members after violence erupted on the parliament floor.

Young people are struggling to afford city living, and even the Swedes can't crack the problem.

Thousands of people are thought to be buried at the site - one of the largest ever found in Ukraine.

Some squatters in Spain demand cash before leaving - so eviction firms have arisen to handle the talks.

The government wants to cut the number of migrants crossing the Channel.

Some cows are carried by helicopter in a process used by farmers to move the injured ones.

UN experts say rapid innovative solutions are needed to end our dependency on fossil fuels. Could this new project provide an answer?

Nilofar Bayat, Afghan wheelchair basketball women's captain, is in Bilbao after fleeing the Taliban.

A look at some of the fires spreading across Europe - and the rest of the globe.

Lailuma Sadid, a journalist with Brussels Morning Newspaper, became emotional when asking the Nato secretary general about the Taliban in Afghanistan.