Three Germans have died after a yacht moored in Italy caught fire.

US actress Carrie Fisher, famous for playing Princess Leia in Star Wars, has died aged 60.

Flags are being flown at half mast both at the Kremlin and across Russia, as the country held a national day of mourning on Monday for the 92 victims on board the Tu-154 military jet. All are feared dead.

Singer George Michael has died aged 53, his publicist has announced.

Milan (Italy) - The chief suspect in the Berlin Christmas Market truck attack has been shot dead by police in a suburb of Milan in northern Italy.

Turkey-Russia relations stand on shaky ground after the assassination of the Russian ambassador in Ankara.

The Hollywood actress Zsa Zsa Gabor has died aged 99.

Santiago de Cuba is undergoing a makeover before the funeral cortege of the late Fidel Castro arrives ahead of Sunday’s funeral.

Relatives of one of the victims of Monday’s plane crash in Colombia have gathered for a memorial mass at one of Brazil’s most iconic landmarks.

There were solemn scenes in Havana on Wednesday as a box containing the ashes of Fidel Castro – draped in the red, white and blue national flag – was placed on a trailer at the start of the revolutionary leader’s last journey across Cuba.