A 21-year-old woman from Swanage, Dorset is missing in south Thailand, according to her family, who posted an online appeal for help.

The man who threw a sticky brown substance over New Zealand's earthquake recovery minister on Monday has pleaded guilty to assault.

A passenger train derails near the Dutch town of Dalfsen, leaving one person dead, officials say.

British cinematographer Douglas Slocombe, whose work included Ealing comedies and the Indiana Jones films, has died at the age of 103.

The Syrian government and the main opposition umbrella group say they accept the terms of a deal to cease hostilities from Saturday.

A doctor is jailed after he drugged a woman and, using masks to hide their identities, drove her to a bunker where he held her for almost a week.

Chocolate maker Mars recalls Mars and Snickers bars in Germany after bits of plastic are found in a product.

Iraqi Kurdish forces have rescued a 16-year-old Swedish girl from Islamic State militants near the city of Mosul, Kurdish officials say.