The father of Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old boy who drowned a year ago as his family fled Syria, urges Europe to keep its doors open to migrants.

Melania Trump sues the Daily Mail and a US blogger for $150m (£114m) over allegations she was a sex worker in the 1990s.

More than two billion people could be at risk from Zika virus outbreaks in parts of Africa and Asia, according to scientists writing in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

The University of Oxford's intake of students this year will have the highest proportion of pupils from state schools for more than 40 years.

Uber wins right to take Transport for London (TfL) to court over new rules that would force its drivers to pass English tests.

Supporters and opponents of President Maduro of Venezuela hold huge demonstrations on the streets of the capital Caracas.

Scientists working on the largest study of ticks in dogs have found that almost one third of dogs checked at random across the UK were found to be carrying a tick.

Senior doctors condemn the proposed series of five-day strikes by junior doctors, as the row over a new contract intensifies.