Helicopter operations to rescue scientists aboard an ice-bound ship in the Antarctic are likely to begin shortly, say officials.

Ukraine's far-right Svoboda party holds a torch-lit procession through the capital Kiev, to mark the birthday of a WWII-era partisan leader.

Two people have been killed in clashes involving pro-Islamist protesters and Egyptian police in the city of Alexandria, officials say.

The usernames and phone numbers for 4.6 million Snapchat accounts are temporarily posted online by hackers.

A British fundraiser who was attacked and robbed while he was in Canada for a charity running challenge gets his belongings back.

The social media platforms of Skype are hacked by a group claiming to be the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA).

Exiled former Rwandan intelligence chief Patrick Karegeya has been found dead in a hotel room in South African, police say.

Japan's Coast Guard says it has rescued a Chinese man whose hot air balloon crashed as he was trying to fly to a group of disputed islands.