Security services are on high alert across Europe, and in Turkey, amid fears of terror attacks at New Year celebrations.

Two people are sentenced to death in Bangladesh for the killing of atheist blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider in 2013.

A former Neighbours actress, detained in Malaysia after snatching her child from her estranged partner at restaurant, can return to Australia, officials say, with no charges filed.

Veteran actress Barbara Windsor becomes a dame and champion jockey AP McCoy a knight in the New Year Honours.

Airport shops could be forced to give VAT discounts to passengers travelling outside the European Union, following the launch of a government inquiry.

Shares of weight loss company Weight Watchers jump nearly 19% after a television ad featuring Oprah Winfrey was shown in the US.

Police in Chicago are to get Tasers and training on how to defuse tensions following a spate of fatal shootings of African-Americans.

The knighthood awarded to an adviser who helped the Conservatives win May's election is "outrageous", shadow home secretary Andy Burnham says.