A man who shot and badly wounded Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has been given a 21-year jail sentence after being found guilty of terrorism charges.

A 100-strong specialist police unit is investigating the daring theft of French Crown Jewels from the Louvre – as officers face "a race against time" to recover the "priceless" objects.

Nicolas Sarkozy declared his innocence and held hands with his wife before entering prison to begin his five-year sentence.

Nicolas Sarkozy has been pictured leaving his home as the former French president prepares to enter prison, where he will begin his five-year sentence.

Sanae Takaichi has been voted in as Japan's first female prime minister.

A chess grandmaster has died unexpectedly at the age of 29.

An official preliminary report into last month's deadly funicular crash in Lisbon has been released, putting the blame on a faulty steel cable and other maintenance flaws.

A prominent expert in recovering stolen works of art has told Sky News it was "a matter of time" before the Louvre was targeted - and UK museums could be next.

Nicholas Rossi, an American man who faked his death and fled to Scotland to escape rape charges, has been jailed for at least five years.

A security worker at the Louvre has told Sky News that "obsolete" equipment and a "drastic cut in staff" meant they had "reached the limit" of what they could do to protect the world-famous museum.

The internet appears to be recovering after a major outage knocked out thousands of websites, including Amazon, Snapchat, Reddit and several banks.

A number of "priceless" objects were stolen from the Louvre in Paris, in what has been called the "theft of the decade".

A burning piece of space debris which crashed to Earth in Australia is likely to have come from the launch of a Chinese rocket, an expert has said.

A cargo plane has skidded off the runway into the sea while landing at Hong Kong International Airport, killing two people on the ground.

It was a pretty wild morning.

A cargo plane has skidded off the runway into the sea while landing at Hong Kong International Airport.

The Israeli military has said that a ceasefire in Gaza would hold after it was seriously tested by an attack that killed two Israeli soldiers and a wave of airstrikes that killed 36 Palestinians.

The Tel Aviv football derby between Hapoel and Maccabi has been cancelled after "violent riots" saw nine people arrested, Israeli police said.

Former Everton and Real Madrid footballer Royston Drenthe has been taken to hospital after having a stroke, according to a Dutch and Belgian football group.

The Louvre museum in Paris has been closed following a robbery, according to France's culture minister.

Israel has received the bodies of two more hostages from the Red Cross, the Israeli prime minister's office has confirmed.

Protesters have gathered in northern Germany demanding the prime suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann be ousted from where they live.

Afghanistan has withdrawn its national team from a cricket series in Pakistan after strikes in an eastern border province killed three local players, the national governing body said.

Afghanistan has withdrawn its national team from a cricket series in Pakistan after strikes in an eastern border province killed three players, the national governing body said.

Burkas and niqabs are set to be banned in most public spaces in Portugal after MPs voted for a proposal to outlaw face veils introduced by a far-right political party.