Europe is once again "at the epicentre" of the Covid pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned, as cases soar across the continent.
Conservative MP Sir David Amess has died after being stabbed at his constituency surgery in Essex.
Tens of thousands of Georgians have rallied in the capital Tbilisi to demand the release of jailed ex-president and opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili.
Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has stepped down, after pressure triggered by a corruption scandal.
A Swedish cartoonist who sketched the Prophet Muhammad's head on a dog's body has died in a traffic accident, according to local media.
A former secretary at a Nazi concentration camp has been captured after trying to flee before her trial in northern Germany.
Germany's centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) have narrowly won the country's federal elections, beating the party of outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel, according to preliminary results.
It is time for humanity to grow up on climate change, Boris Johnson has said in a speech to the United Nations in New York.
At least eight people have been killed after a gunman opened fire at a university in the Russian city of Perm, officials say.
President Vladimir Putin's party is well in the lead, with 45% of the vote for the 225 deputies apportioned by party lists.
Russia's unmanned Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the Moon after spinning out of control, officials say.
Donald Trump has confirmed that he will not take part in Republican presidential debates with his rivals in the race for the White House.