The attack on France and its values that began in the blood-splattered offices of a satirical magazine played out part of its final act in a printworks as the two brothers sought for the Charlie Hebdo shooting were cornered and shot dead

Two men with assault rifles shot at Officer Clarissa Jean-Philippe, 27, who had only been in the job for 15 days, her colleague and a street cleaner after their car was involved in a road accident. One of the gunmen was reported to have been arrested at the scene. The other fled

One million copies of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo will be published as French media and journalists vowed to ensure it is printed

At least 12 people have been killed in a shooting incident at the Paris office of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo

Germany’s growing anti-Islamic protest movement has ignited a furious leadership battle within the country’s new right-wing populist Alternative for Germany party

Archaeologists say they have uncovered the remains of King Herod's palace in Jerusalem – and with it the site where the trial of Jesus may have taken place

The teenager at the centre of a Royal sex abuse scandal, Virginia Roberts was introduced to the Queen in London, her father has claimed

From Sydney to London, spectacular fireworks displays have lit up skies across the world as it gradually turned 2015 in every time zone

'Insufficient evidence' objects spotted in the sea are from missing plane, say officials

It may seem hard to believe, after so many decades of diplomatic rancour, but when Fidel Castro first came to power, he did so with the assistance of the US government

Taliban gunmen and suicide bombers have killed more than 130 students and teachers at an army-run school in the northern city of Peshawar

Tearful Sydney residents led Australian tributes today at the site where a gunman and two hostages were shot dead following a 16-hour siege at a popular cafe

Angela Merkel has warned ordinary Germans not to be taken in by the far-right rhetoric of so-called “Nazis in pinstripes”, after 10,000 people marched in Dresden to protest against “Islamisation”

Pictures of hostages fleeing for their lives and police swarming around a Sydney cafe at the centre of a hostage crisis have emerged 

Scrooges best stay in bed, as almost 4 million people are preparing to don garish festive knits for Christmas Jumper Day

A deadly storm dubbed the ‘Pineapple Express’ by meteorologists has pummelled California and the US Pacific northwest

A long-awaited report on the CIA's harsh interrogation techniques has been released with reverberations expected to be felt around the globe

Typhoon Hagupit has knocked out power and left at least three people dead as nearly 900,000 people fled to shelters in central Philippines

Far-left protesters in motorcycle helmets clashed with riot police outside La Scala in Milan, bringing an element of class war to a glittering gala

Orion, the capsule that will one day take humans to Mars, was successfully launched into space — it will fly into space, before coming back down as part of a test that will decide the future of manned space travel

Powerful images emerging from across the United States demonstrate the scale of the anger taking hold in many communities in the wake of events surrounding the deaths of Michael Brown and now Eric Garner

Young black men at Yale University have launched a blog dedicated to their “unborn sons” – in the wake of two separate grand jury decisions not to indict white police officers who killed unarmed black men while on duty

The UK is facing a squeeze after George Osborne announced “substantial spending cuts” in his 2014 Autumn Statement

At least three people have been arrested for fighting over Black Friday bargains as huge crowds caused mayhem in shops across the UK