The blaze began on Tuesday and has swept across the department of Aude, killing one person and destroying 36 homes. It's the largest fire to hit the south of France in decades.Firefighters in France have brought under control the...

The body of a man suspected of killing a couple and their son in April has been found, police say.A dead body found on Tuesday in Germany's Westerwald region is that of the man thought to have killed three...

Official statistics say the number of Japanese nationals living in the country dropped by an all-time record 900,000 people. As the current government fails to address the issue, an anti-immigration party makes gains.The population of Japan went down by...

Books by notable authors including Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy were banned. The government accused the authors of "exciting secessionism" and "misguiding the youth" against India.Police in the Indian-administered Kashmir region carried out raids on book stores after the...

The UN has warned that "everyone" in the besieged capital of North Darfur was under a daily struggle to survive, with food prices soaring and no access to humanitarian aid.Thousands of people in the besieged capital of Sudan's North...

Enes Hocaogullari had spoken at the Council of Europe against police violence and "democratic backsliding" in Turkey. The Strasbourg-based organization called for his immediate release.Turkish police have arrested a youth activist after he criticized President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government...