A clash over the influence of wealthy campaign donors has dominated the latest Democratic presidential debate.
Human rights activists in the UK have vowed to appeal against a ruling that a policy allowing MI5 to authorise informants to commit serious criminal offences - potentially including murder, kidnap and torture - is lawful.
Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris kept Christmas going even during two World Wars.
The first man prosecuted under Rotterdam's law banning harassment of women on the street has been acquitted after a court ruled he had a right to freedom of expression.
Boeing's new astronaut capsule yesterday failed to achieve the orbit necessary to reach the International Space Station, Nasa said.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has apologised for going on holiday to Hawaii after two volunteer firefighters died during the country's bushfire crisis.
The lower house of the Polish parliament has passed legislation giving the government powers to fire or fine judges whose rulings it does not like.
