Residents of 27-storey apartment block in west London have been evacuated after a large fire broke out on the second floor.

Chile is under a state of emergency as more than a dozen large wildfires threaten towns in the centre and south of the country.

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

Samsung is to abandon production of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones due to consumer safety concerns.

Wildfires continue to rage across Portugal. Thousands of firefighters have been battling at least 300 blazes. Twelve of those have been classified as major or large.

At least 12 premature babies have been killed in a fire at a hospital in Baghdad.

Paris (France) - A fire in a bar in Rouen, France, has left at least 13 people dead and six injured, one seriously, local media report.