Today is World Refugee Day. Sadly it is marked by new figures which show the number of people all over the globe fleeing war, persecution and conflict exceeded 70 million at the end of last year, the highest level ever recorded by the UN Refugee Agency.
The United Nations yesterday joined the chorus calling for an independent investigation into the death of Mohamed Morsi, Egypt's first democratically elected president, a day after he collapsed and died inside a Cairo courtroom.
Donald Trump has launched his re-election bid in Florida, America's largest swing state, by pledging to round up millions of undocumented immigrants.
Rory Stewart's hopes of becoming the next UK prime minister were dashed after his support collapsed in the third round of voting by Tory MPs.
Scientists may have discovered the earliest warning signs of Parkinson's disease in the brain.
Police investigating the death of Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala have arrested a man on suspicion of manslaughter.
Emmanuel Macron's new-look national service has got off to a shaky start this week, with 29 teenagers in the first group of recruits succumbing to heat exhaustion during a ceremony in Évreux, near Paris.
