Germany will do more to fight Islamic State militants, Chancellor Angela Merkel says in response to a French call to do more in the wake of the Paris attacks.

A man who killed his wife and posted a photo of the corpse on Facebook is found guilty of murder by a jury in Florida.

The government is urged to be more compassionate to Syrian refugees who face deportation because they have come from other EU countries to join relatives.

The Turkish military releases an audio recording of what it says were warnings to a Russian warplane before it was shot down on the Syrian border.

The release of a video showing a white police officer shooting a black teenager 16 times sparks largely peaceful protests in Chicago.

Financial experts are poring over the details of George Osborne's Spending Review, in which he funded a U-turn on tax credit cuts with a £27bn windfall.

The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh are set to arrive in Malta on Thursday afternoon for a three-day tour.

A police force is cleared of blame for the way it investigated a teenager who went on to murder a 14-year-old boy he met online.