Sochi’s seafront has become a place of mourning, as residents lay flowers and light candles to honour the victims of Sunday’s plane crash.

Hopes of finding survivors have long since faded.

On the field of play, 2016 was a year of milestones.

A tsunami warning has been lifted after a powerful 7.

Queen Elizabeth has missed the Christmas church service near her Sandringham country residence in eastern England for the first time in decades – because of a heavy…

Pope Francis delivered words of hope and comfort, alongside pleas for peace, in his Christmas Day address.

Russian television is mourning nine of its own – reporters and TV crew members from three different channels were on board the military plane that crashed early on Sunday en route to…

Muscovites laid floral tributes at the headquarters of the famed Alexandrov Ensemble choir on Sunday, after at least 60 of its members were killed in the crash of a Russian military plane en route to…

A Russian defence ministry plane, carrying 92 people on route to Syria, has crashed into the Black Sea near Sochi.

Iraqi Christians gathered for church services in Qaraqosh and Bashiqa, near Mosul in Niveneh province, for church services on 25 December.

A Russian defence ministry plane, carrying 92 people on route to Syria, has crashed into the Black Sea near Sochi, the defence ministry said.

Every four years the planet’s biggest multi-sport event comes around to thrill the masses.

From Barack Obama's historic visit to Donald Trump's election and Fidel Castro's death, it's been a roller-coaster year for Cuba.

This year has seen a huge increase in the numbers of displaced people globally.

Russian divers stage a pre-New Year party underwater in Lake Baikal

Beachgoers celebrate Christmas Day in Sidney

The Water-skiing Santa and his flying elves, the Grinch and his friends, dazzle spectators with their water skills.

Tourists from around the world join locals to celebrate Christmas in Bethlehem, the town where Christians say Jesus was born.

Pope Francis has given his fourth Christmas Mass from St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican.

Three men have been arrested in Tunisia, in connection with Monday’s lorry attack in Berlin.