Russians are celebrating 70 years since the Battle of Stalingrad, a key point in World War II, with President Vladimir Putin leading tributes.

France's President Francois Hollande says it would be wrong to assume the conflict in Mali is over after being given a rapturous welcome in Timbuktu.

Sandwich shop chain Pret A Manger withdraws its "Virgin Mary"-flavoured crisps following complaints from Catholics.

At least four people, including a Frenchman, are killed in Senegal's Casamance region, in a raid on a bank by suspected rebels, officials say.

Russians are celebrating 70 years since the Battle of Stalingrad, a key point in World War II, with President Vladimir Putin leading tributes.

Seventy years since the Nazi defeat at Stalingrad

Eight of Notre Dame Cathedral's nine new bells have been blessed by French Cardinal Andre Armand Vingt-Trois.

Turkey's extreme-left Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front says it carried out a suicide attack on the US embassy in Ankara on Friday.

Around one hundred different foreign languages are spoken by those living in England and Wales, according to the latest census results, and Polish is the most widely spoken.

The French National Assembly approves a crucial article of a bill on legalising same-sex marriage after months of public protests and counter-protests.

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy denies allegation that he and other governing party members received secret payments, and vows not to resign.

A man once considered Sweden's worst serial killer has won retrials for three murders after withdrawing confessions made in the 1990s.

The UN anti-genocide envoy expresses alarm over reports of reprisal attacks by Malian troops, as France's Francois Hollande visits Mali.

Fierce debate as Irish reconsider abortion issue

Tests are being carried out on a sticky white wax that has been found on more than 100 seabirds washed up along England's south-west coastline.

Google agrees to set up a fund to help French media to solve a row with news sites that demanded payment for the search giant to display their links.

A Russian judge has resigned after a video emerged on YouTube that seemed to show him asleep during a hearing.

A suicide bomber attacks an entrance of the US embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara, killing a security guard, officials say.

A man once labelled Sweden's worst serial killer, Sture Bergwall, secures retrials for three murders after withdrawing confessions made in the 1990s.

The chief executive of Barclays, Antony Jenkins, is to waive his bonus of about £1m following a "difficult" year for the bank.