As many as four people are reported to have died after a man opened fire at the Palace of Justice in the Italian city of Milan before being arrested.

Britain and the European Union have been accused of a "catastrophic misreading" of the mood in the Kremlin in the run-up to the crisis in Ukraine.

Eurozone finance ministers are preparing for a vital third meeting, in Brussels, to try to solve the crisis over Greece's bail-out.

Police in Copenhagen say they have shot dead a man they believe was behind two deadly attacks in the Danish capital hours earlier.

A ceasefire will begin in eastern Ukraine on 15 February, the leaders of Russia and Ukraine have announced.

More than 200 migrants are dead after the motorboats they were travelling on sank in the Mediterranean Sea, the UN's refugee agency says.

All children in England will need to know up to their 12 times table when they leave primary school under plans announced by the education secretary.

Belgium has begun deploying hundreds of troops to guard potential targets of attacks, including Jewish sites and diplomatic missions, following a series of raids and arrests, the government said.

First it was 1 million copies. Then it was 3 million. Then 5 million. Now the publisher of Charlie Hebdo says it is printing a total of 7 million copies of the once-obscure French satirical magazine.

The French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is due to publish a cartoon of the Islam's Prophet Muhammad on the cover of its first issue since assailants killed 12 people at its offices.

Almost three quarters of a century after being sent to the gallows for a murder he had nothing to do with, Tipperary man Harry Gleeson is to become the first recipient of a posthumous pardon from the State.

Two men are missing in the sea at Brighton after getting into trouble in severe weather, the Coastguard said.

Gunmen have attacked the Paris office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people and injuring seven in an apparent Islamist attack.

Reverend Libby Lane has been announced as the first female bishop for the Church of England, just a month after a historic change to canon law.

A march against "Islamisation of the West" took place in Dresden yesterday, with about 10,000 people turning out in the eastern German city.

The European Court of Human Rights says France violated the rights of Somali pirates who had attacked French ships and has ordered compensation for them over judicial delays.

Thousands of people in Germany yesterday attended the funeral of a young woman who was killed defending two girls from harassment.

The World Food Programme (WFP) has been forced to suspend a critical food aid scheme for more than 1.7 million Syrian refugees because of a funding crisis.