The Pentagon warns that Donald Trump's call to ban Muslims from the US endangers national security and emboldens Islamic State (IS) militants.

Australian police raid the Sydney home and office of a man named by technology websites as the creator of the virtual currency Bitcoin.

The couple behind the San Bernardino attack that killed 14 people were radicalised before they started dating, the director of the FBI has said.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he "will never leave this race" despite calls for him to step aside.

One of the Catholic Church's most senior prelates has said that birth control could "offer a solution" to the impacts of climate change.

Japanese police arrest a South Korean man suspected of bombing Tokyo's controversial Yasukuni shrine, local media say.

Syrian rebels begin evacuating from the city of Homs under a ceasefire deal reached with the government, a monitoring group says.

French police identify the third attacker who blew himself up at the Bataclan during the Paris attacks, French media report.