A man and a woman have died following a fire in a top-floor tenement flat in Dundee.

Brazilian prosecutors are filing charges against ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a money laundering probe, officials say.

Retired Chilean General Sergio Arellano Stark, who lead an army death squad in the aftermath of the 1973 military coup, dies aged 94.

North Korea launches two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast into the sea, South Korea's military says.

Dozens of flood warnings remain in place in central England following heavy rain and disruption on Wednesday.

Myanmar's National League for Democracy (NLD) names two candidates, ruling out party leader Aung San Suu Kyi as president.

The shooting of a notorious criminal "bears all the hallmarks of a professional hit", police say.

Singapore has again been judged as the world's most expensive city but costs across the world have been highly volatile, according to researchers.