The battle to drive Islamic State fighters out of central Ramadi enters its second day as Iraqi special forces fight the militants street by street.

India's telecoms regulator has put Facebook's "free mobile data" scheme on hold following claims it breaches net neutrality principles.

A dying Pakistani student says his family has been refused a visa to visit him in Melbourne, Australia.

A New Zealand court rules that internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom is eligible to be extradited to the United States to face charges of copyright infringement.

Polish President Andrzej Duda tells the BBC that a UK exit from the European Union would cause a "very serious crisis".

An explosion on the tarmac at an Istanbul airport kills a woman cleaner on a plane, and police are investigating whether it was caused by a bomb.

Somalia's government bans the celebration of Christmas, warning that such Christian festivities could threaten the nation's Muslim faith.

France says its forces in Mali have killed or captured 10 members of an Islamist group which claimed responsibility for a hotel massacre last month.