Italian ex-PM Silvio Berlusconi hosted prostitution parties at his Milan villa, where he paid women with favours and cash, prosecutors at his trial say.

Italian ex-PM Silvio Berlusconi hosted prostitution parties at his Milan villa, where he paid women with favours and cash, prosecutors at his trial say.

All eyes on Old Trafford as Real Madrid play Man U

Hundreds of people in western Bosnia-Hercegovina hold a mock funeral for their own town of Drvar, in protest at the local economy and unemployment.

Hundreds of people in western Bosnia-Hercegovina hold a mock funeral for their own town of Drvar, in protest at the local economy and unemployment.

MPs vote through plans to allow more civil courts to examine secret intelligence in private, despite calls for more safeguards.

The head of France's joint chiefs of staff says it is "probable" that Islamist commander Abdelhamid Abou Zeid was killed in fighting in Mali.

The security headquarters in the Egyptian city of Port Said is set on fire in a second day of clashes between police and protesters.

Voting in the first elections since 2007

Manchester City close the gap on leaders Manchester United with victory at Aston Villa, who stay in the relegation zone.

Eurozone finance ministers say they are confident of agreeing a bailout for Cyprus by the end of March, set to be worth up to 17bn euros ($22bn; £15bn).

Police in California launch an inquiry into the death of an elderly woman after a nurse at her senior living facility refused to administer CPR.

A plane crashes in Goma, the main city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least five people, officials say.

The US soldier who arrested Japanese Prime Minister Gen Hideki Tojo to face trial for war crimes at the end of World War II dies aged 93.

The US soldier who arrested Japanese Prime Minister Gen Hideki Tojo to face trial for war crimes at the end of World War II dies aged 93.

Counting is under way in Kenya's first elections since the disputed contest of 2007, with the two presidential frontrunners taking an early lead.

Nine children are killed by a fire at a Koranic school in a residential district near the centre of the Senegalese capital, Dakar.

Twelve members of a pro-government militia group have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack in south Yemen.

Ground and flight staff at Iberia have begun another five day strike, causing the airline to cancel almost 1300 flights

A disappearing wall is rediscovered at an Edwardian manor house in west Devon.