A group of 13 women and children, with alleged links to former Islamic State (IS) fighters in Syria, have returned to Australia, where authorities have confirmed some could be arrested.

Russian punk band Pussy Riot and members of a Ukrainian feminist group stormed the Russian pavilion at an arts festival in protest at Moscow's participation.

A tsunami at a popular tourist spot in Alaska was the second highest ever recorded and it was "unbelievably lucky" no one was hurt, researchers have said.

Iran's football chief has said he wants a guarantee the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) will not be insulted by the US during the World Cup.

A pilot has been killed after his firefighting ‌plane crashed while battling a major blaze that has destroyed 200 hectares of protected forest in Poland.

A 13-year-old student has been arrested after a shooting at a school in Brazil left two women dead.

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A new tiny ice world has been discovered beyond Pluto surrounded by a thin atmosphere, scientists revealed.

Romania's pro-European coalition government has collapsed, after MPs voted against Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan, plunging the country into further political turmoil.

In a resounding victory Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's nationalist Hindu party has wrested control of the key state of West Bengal.

A separatist group says it has formally submitted more than 300,000 signatures to try to trigger a referendum on the province of Alberta leaving Canada.

Twenty-one people are dead and 61 have been injured after an explosion at a fireworks factory in China.

Several people have been injured after a car ploughed into a crowd in Leipzig, Germany.

Police in Spain have made what they have said is a "record-breaking cocaine seizure in the Atlantic", as part of an ongoing crackdown on international drug trafficking.

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Troops from the Royal Regiment of Scotland have been taking part in urban combat drills as they prepare to deploy to the Baltic states for a major NATO exercise.

The UK is on the verge of joining the EU's €90bn (£78bn) loan scheme for Ukraine, as the government seeks to shore up support for Kyiv and deepen defence ties with the bloc.

A man has been arrested in Austria after rat poison was found in some baby food jars on supermarket shelves in central Europe.

Shakira's free concert in Rio de Janeiro drew two million people to Copacabana beach, the city's mayor has said.

A man has been charged with murdering a five-year-old girl in central Australia, days after her killing sparked a riot.

Former Formula 1 driver Alex Zanardi has died at the age of 59.

A crowd has rioted outside a hospital in Australia where a man accused of killing a five-year-old was being treated.

A British couple detained in Iran fear for their lives following the routine executions of fellow inmates and brutal fights regularly breaking out in the prison where they are being held.

The King has landed in Bermuda for a solo royal trip following the conclusion of his and the Queen's state visit to the US.

Four people have been rescued from the River Seine in Paris after a trainee bus driver crashed through a barrier and into the water.