Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has resigned in a procedural move after his governing AK Party lost its majority in parliamentary elections.

Sainsbury's has seen sales drop for the sixth consecutive quarter due to increasing supermarket competition, and food deflation.

A Nobel laureate apologises for offence caused by comments he made about the "trouble with girls" in science - but says he was being "honest".

US President Barack Obama is preparing to deploy as many as 500 additional troops to help train Iraqi forces to fight Islamic State, US officials say.

The US police officer filmed pinning a black girl to the ground and pointing his gun at teenagers at a pool party in Texas resigns, officials say.

A levy on the tobacco industry is needed to help fund anti-smoking measures, health campaigners say.

The family of a Brazilian man shot dead by police who thought he was a suicide bomber are bringing their legal battle to the European Court of Human Rights.

The remains of 44 victims of the Germanwings plane crash arrive in Duesseldorf, where they will be handed over to families for burial.