As much of Europe battles floods from excess rain and rising tides, Anna Holligan looks at how the Dutch deal with excess water.

A collection of private observations by late Pope John Paul II on religious subjects goes on sale amid controversy in his native Poland.

At least six children have been injured in Libya in a grenade attack at a school in Benghazi, reports from the city say.

A report shows children have endured "unspeakable and unacceptable" suffering during the conflict in Syria, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says.

Google promises to make "significant" changes to how rivals appear in search results in an attempt to avoid a multi-billion euro fine.

A deaf composer, dubbed "Japan's Beethoven", admits hiring someone else to write his music for nearly two decades.

Nine people were killed in bombings in Pakistan, just hours after the government decided not to show up for negotiations with the Taliban.

More than 2,000 migrants landed on Italian shores in January, a tenfold increase on the same month last year, official figures show.