The centre of Brussels is almost deserted after Belgium raised its terror alert to the highest level, as a search for Paris attacks fugitive Salah Abdeslam goes on.

Reports from northern Myanmar's Kachin province suggest at least 50 people have died in a landslide at a jade mine.

Crimea is plunged into darkness after pylons carrying power lines which supply electricity from Ukraine were reportedly blown up on Saturday night.

Police in New Zealand release the names of two British couples killed in a helicopter crash on the country's South Island.

A Turkish Airlines flight from New York was diverted to Canada after a bomb threat, Canadian officials say.

Belgium's interior minister says police forces are 'looking for several terror suspects', as the capital, Brussels, enters a second day of a security lock-down.

Voting in Argentina's first ever presidential run-off begins, pitting the ruling party's Daniel Scioli against conservative Mauricio Macri.

The attorney general in Qatar is to launch an appeal against the acquittal of several people over a fire that left 19 dead, including 13 children.