Greek police clash with rioters after the first protest against the left-wing government, ahead of a key German vote on extending the bailout.

A former Free Syrian Army fighter is sentenced to five years in prison in Sweden after a friend passes a video to police showing him assaulting a prisoner.

How do you catch one?

An ex-US soldier who deserted his army base over the Iraq war suffers a setback at the European Court of Justice in his quest for asylum in Germany.

A German former nurse, who admits killing more than 30 patients with lethal drug overdoses, has been jailed for life by a court in Lower Saxony.

Details have emerged of footage filmed by Paris gunman Amedy Coulibaly during a bloody rampage inside a Jewish supermarket, a report says.

Ukraine's army starts withdrawal of heavy weapons from front line as part of ceasefire, defence ministry says.

Members of the German parliament from Chancellor Merkel's party overwhelmingly back further help for Greece in a test ballot before Friday's vote.

The Islamic State militant known as "Jihadi John", who has been pictured in videos of the beheadings of Western hostages, is named as Mohammed Emwazi from London.

Most Nato members are cutting defence spending - even with increasing tensions in Russia, writes Jonathan Beale

An Al-Jazeera journalist is to appear in a French court accused of flying a drone illegally over Paris as mystery continues over night-time drone flights.

A former Greek finance minister goes on trial accused of removing relatives' names from a list of HSBC account holders who may have underpaid tax.

A suicide attack on a Turkish embassy vehicle in the Afghan capital, Kabul, kills at least one, local officials say.

UK state-owned bank RBS reports 3.5bn loss for 2014, down from 9bn loss the previous year

A leaked draft of what the European Union wants excluded from a new trade deal with the United States is obtained by the BBC.

The Austrian parliament has passed controversial reforms to the country's century-old law on Islam, including a ban on foreign funding.

Russia signs a deal with Cyprus that gives its navy access to Cypriot ports, with President Vladimir Putin saying "there is no need to worry".

Three al-Jazeera journalists are arrested for the alleged illegal flying of a drone in the Bois de Boulogne in Paris, prosecutors say.

Has lure of Greek PM worn off after bailout deal?

Residents of the Dutch town of Purmerend are advised to take umbrellas out at night after a rogue owl leaves man requiring stitches to head wounds.

Police in Sweden ask for 21st birthday balloons to be taken down after they are mistaken for Islamic State propaganda.

Natalie Jamieson goes on a backstage tour ahead of the Brits Awards 2015.

Officers say they shut down a network being used to take control of unsuspecting users' computers and steal sensitive information.

An ancient statuette and an 18th Century painting are returned to Italy, having turned up in New York decades after being stolen.

Residents of the eastern Czech Republic town of Uhersky Brod gather to light candles for victims of the country's worst shooting.