Russia is reinforcing its Baltic Fleet in Kaliningrad with two small warships armed with long-range cruise missiles to counter what it sees as a worrying Nato build-up in the region, Russia's daily Izvestia reported yesterday.

A year-long training programme to help parents communicate with their very young autistic children reduced symptoms of the disorder up to six years later, according to a follow-up analysis.

The EU yesterday moved to prolong border controls in the passport-free Schengen area for three months, which was imposed

At least 10 people were hurt in a blast yesterday at a car park in an office building in the southern Turkish city of Antalya, local

The death toll on the Mediterranean has nearly matched that of all last year, with more than 3,740 migrants and refugees having

France began clearing the sprawling "Jungle" migrant camp in Calais yesterday, with hundreds carrying suitcases queuing

Nineteen people died when a helicopter carrying oil and gas field workers crashed in a remote area of Siberia in bad weather,

British police said yesterday that they had arrested a teenager under terrorism laws following the discovery of a "suspicious item"

Two Russian cosmonauts and a Nasa astronaut soared into orbit in a Soyuz spacecraft yesterday at the start of a two-

Some 300 wild mammal species in Asia, Africa and Latin America are being driven to extinction by humanity's

Ecuador said Tuesday it had cut the internet access of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is holed up at its

A pause in Russian and Syrian strikes on Aleppo held into a second day yesterday, ahead of a brief ceasefire aimed

A 72-hour ceasefire in Yemen is due to start tonight, the UN envoy for Yemen said on Monday after he received

Moscow yesterday announced that Russian and Syrian air forces have stopped bombing Aleppo ahead of a brief truce, a move the Kremlin said showed "goodwill" as it faces mounting criticism for backing a brutal regime offensive.

WikiLeaks on Monday claimed Ecuador cut the internet connection of its founder Julian Assange, who is staying at the

The Swedish Academy says it has given up trying to reach Bob Dylan, days after it awarded him the Nobel Prize for

Many of the 410 asylum seekers held on a tiny Pacific Island are being driven to attempt suicide to escape the

Pope Francis proclaimed seven new saints yesterday, including Argentina's "gaucho priest" who served as an inspiration

Turkish-backed rebels captured the emblematic northern Syrian town of Dabiq from the Islamic State group yesterday, dealing a major symbolic blow to the jihadists.

Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday approved a law ratifying Moscow's deal with Syria to deploy its forces in the country