Last year they turned out in force against gay marriage and adoption for same-sex couples; now it is against surrogacy and medically-assisted

In Bulgaria, the centre-right GERB party looks set to be the winner after a snap election. Exit polls, however, show the party will fall short of a

France’s Jules Bianchi underwent surgery with a “severe head injury” after crashing in the closing stages of Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix. The

A house in a Turkish village has been hit by missiles from fighting just across the border in Syria. At least five people are reported to have

At least five police officers have been killed and 12 others injured in a suicide bombing in Chechnya. Militant attacks have been a rare occurrence

Incumbent leader Dilma Rousseff has her eye on a second term as Brazil heads to the polls in the presidential elections. It has been one of the

As a government deadline looms in Hong Kong for pro-democracy protesters to leave the streets, many appear to be on the move and

French Formula One driver Jules Bianchi is undergoing surgery after suffering a severe head injury during the rain-soaked Japanese Grand Prix. The

It is being described as a possible milestone in a clash between the conservative and liberal forces in the Roman Catholic Church. A two-week

Brazilians are heading to the polls to elect their next president in the most unpredictable election in decades. Around 143 million are eligible to

Thousands of pro-democracy protesters chanting and waving smart phones at a rally in Admiralty district

Three rebel tanks fired at the main terminal of Donetsk Airport, where government forces have been holed up. Fighting for the airport has intensified

The centre-right Unity party’s celebrations appeared premature as it emerged that the pro-Russian Harmony party clinched the top spot in Latvia’s

A mass grave has been unearthed in Mexico, close to the town where 43 trainee teachers went missing last weekend after a protest turned violent. It

Doctors treating the first US Ebola patient at a hospital in Dallas have announced that his condition has deteriorated from serious to

A mass grave have been found in Mexico, close to the town where 43 trainee teachers went missing last weekend after a protest turned violent. After

There has been more brawling on the streets of Hong Kong as pro-democracy protesters held another overnight rally. Police used pepper spray to push

The Muslim festival of Eid has been overshadowed in Sierra Leone by the spread of Ebola. The British charity Save the Children has warned that

A small anti-monarchy demonstration involving around 200 people in Madrid might otherwise have gone unnoticed. But scuffles between protesters and

British Muslim organisations have united in denouncing the murder of Alan Henning by ISIL extremists, as the UK mourns the aid volunteer who went to