Authorities believe they have disrupted a major people-smuggling network after carrying out dozens of co-ordinated raids in England, France and Belgium.

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is expected to be fined a total of about £400m by UK and US regulators later as a result of the Libor scandal.

A French-owned tanker seized by pirates off Ivory Coast on Sunday is freed and two crewmen are receiving medical treatment , the vessel's owner says.

A "sleep studio" has opened in the Austrian capital, Vienna, offering tired workers and shoppers the chance for a power nap in comfortable surroundings.

An estimated 6,000 tonnes of rubbish is piling up on the streets of the Spanish city of Seville as workers continue a strike over pay and hours.

France says hundreds of Islamist militants have been killed since its offensive began in northern Mali, and suggests troops may start pulling out in March.

Searching for part of the Universe deep beneath a mountain

EU drive for sustainable fishing gains momentum

Businessman heading campaign to clean up the sport

A German university votes to strip Education Minister Annette Schavan of her doctorate after an investigation into plagiarism allegations.

The Vatican official charged with prosecuting sexual crimes acknowledges that the US media helped the Catholic Church confront the abuse scandal.

MPs approve same-sex marriage in England and Wales in a key Commons vote, although more Conservative MPs voted against the bill than for it.

A campaign to bring Richard III's body back to York gains momentum after a skeleton found beneath a car park in Leicester is confirmed as his.

Hezbollah should be placed on the European list of banned terror organisations, Israel's PM says, as the group is blamed for a deadly bomb in Bulgaria.

Hungarian club Debrecen say their Champions League match against Liverpool in 2009 was investigated for match-fixing.

Two men seized by left-wing guerrillas in Colombia are German pensioners and were touring South America, German officials confirm.

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny apologises for the practice of housing vulnerable women in forced labour homes until late in the 20th Century.

Same-sex marriage will "make our society stronger", David Cameron says as MPs prepare to vote on the controversial issue.

Bulgaria blames Hezbollah for killing five Israelis and a bus driver in 2012, prompting the US and Israel to call for action against the Lebanese group.

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