WHO names likely source of ‘mystery disease’ in the Congo

Sixty-one people have died in a fire at a shopping centre in the eastern Iraq city of Kut.

Syria's president has said protecting the rights of the Druze population is "our priority" after Israel warned it would destroy forces attacking the minority.

Diane Abbott has been suspended from the Labour Party pending an investigation.

The Pope has said he is "deeply saddened" by the deaths of three people in an Israeli strike on the only Catholic church in Gaza.

A 12-year-old boy has been arrested and charged in connection with a fire that tore through a number of town centre shops.