The youngest of the three suspects in the terror attack on a French satirical magazine in which 12 people died has handed himself in to police, according to reports.

American fighter jets and drones have conducted nearly a dozen airstrikes in Iraq since Tuesday, a US official said.

A grisly video shows Islamic State militants beheading American journalist James Foley, US officials said, in what the extremists called retribution for recent US airstrikes in Iraq.

Four French journalists taken hostage in Syria were reunited with family and colleagues yesterday in an emotional homecoming after 10 months in captivity during which they were chained together and held in dingy basements.

As ‘belfies’ become the pic du jour, Deirdre Reynolds asks why are we so obsessed with our bottoms.

EU competition regulators are examining whether France is providing unfair state aid to French news agency Agence France-Presse.

Russell Brand's bodyguards assaulted four news photographers when they were taking pictures of the British comedian in an Indian tiger reserve today before his wedding to Katy Perry, the photographers have claimed.

Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa has won this year's Nobel prize for literature.

A top government official in the West African country of Gabon went on record to deny news reports that the country’s long-time president is dead.

A US photographer won the top prize in the World Press Photo competition yesterday with an image of a police officer searching a debris-strewn home in Cleveland, Ohio to ensure evicted residents had left after a mortgage foreclosure.

A group demanding France withdraw its troops from Afghanistan said it planted dynamite found at a major Paris department store today.

A suicide bomber blew himself up in a central Baghdad hotel today, killing seven people.

A group of academic publishers is challenging Google’s plan to scan millions of library books into its web search engine index, highlighting fears the ambitious project will violate copyrights and stifle future sales.

Royal Dutch/Shell Group said it is actively in talks with the National Oil Company of Libya (NOC) for possible alliance in Tripoli's oil and gas sector.

Qantas Airways Ltd said a combination of flight reschedulings and the use of larger planes on key routes has minimised the impact of any cancellations caused by today's strike by ground staff.

The Brussels-London Eurostar service and the Brussels-Paris Thalys service have been paralysed by a strike by Belgian railway staff, Agence France-Presse reported.

Economists believe the European Central Bank will leave interest rates unchanged at its meeting on Thursday.

Researchers have found economists believe interest rates in Europe will remain unchanged next week but there will be a cut in rates before June.