French police investigating claims that Ikea snooped on employees and customers arrest two senior executives of the Swedish furniture chain.

At least nine people are killed and a number are missing as heavy storms and floods sweep through the Italian island of Sardinia, officials say.

Authorities confirm that a body found in the water off Miami on Saturday is that of a man reported to have fallen from a plane the previous day.

A zoo in the US state of Texas is investigating why a male lion suddenly attacked and killed a lioness in full view of visitors on Sunday.

Voters in Nepal are going to the polls to elect members of a new assembly tasked with writing a constitution, after years of delay.

Senate Republicans block President Obama's nomination of a judge to a key appeals court, as Mr Obama criticises the "unprecedented" obstruction.

Violence in the Central African Republic risks spiralling out of control, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warns, backing the deployment of a UN force.

Indonesia's president says ties with Australia have been "damaged" by spying reports and accuses PM Tony Abbott of belittling the row.