The knighthood awarded to an adviser who helped the Conservatives win May's election is "outrageous", shadow home secretary Andy Burnham says.

An Air Canada flight from Shanghai to Toronto is diverted to Calgary after turbulence injured 21 passengers including three children, officials say.

Nigeria's president says he is prepared to negotiate with Boko Haram to secure the release of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls.

Dozens of flood warnings remain in place in the UK after Storm Frank battered Scotland, Northern Ireland and parts of northern England.

City regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has shelved plans for an inquiry into the culture, pay and behaviour of staff in banking.

Security services are on high alert across Europe, and in Turkey, amid fears of terror attacks at New Year celebrations.

Two people are sentenced to death in Bangladesh for the killing of atheist blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider in 2013.

A former Neighbours actress, detained in Malaysia after snatching her child from her estranged partner at restaurant, can return to Australia, officials say, with no charges filed.