Tessa Doghor

GERMAN energy firm E.On has reported its biggest annual loss after setting aside €5.4bn (£3.8bn) in costs related to its gas and coal-fired power plants. E.On reported a net loss of €3.2bn

SECURITY forces have raided the Karachi headquarters of Pakistan's fourth biggest political party, sparking street protests.

ISLAMIC State (IS) militants have posted a video online which appears to show a young boy shooting dead an Israeli Arab prisoner.

A FORMER Chechen police officer who admitted to taking part in the murder of Russian opposition activist Boris Nemtsov "likely confessed under torture", a member of the Kremlin's rights council told AFP

A FOUNDING member of one of the few independent human rights groups in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, a regional rights group said on Wednesday.

AN Indonesian minister has warned a "human tsunami" of asylum-seekers could be unleashed on Australia in retaliation if Canberra keeps pressing for clemency for two Australian drug smugglers on death row, as

FRENCH air investigators headed Wednesday to Argentina to probe a collision between two helicopters which killed ten people, including three of France's best-known sports personalities, as they took part in a reality

FRENCH air investigators headed Wednesday to Argentina to probe a collision between two helicopters which killed ten people, including three of France's best-known sports personalities, as they took part in a reality

PAKISTANI security forces raided the offices of the main political party in Karachi on Wednesday, arresting activists and seizing a "huge quantity" of weapons.