International

(BBC) The female suspect in the California gun attack pledged allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State (IS) group on Facebook, US media reported. Tashfeen Malik made the post under an account with a different name US officials are…

Police are searching for up to three gunmen who killed at least 14 people at a social services centre in San Bernardino, California. Officers said there were also 17 wounded in the attack at the Inland Regional Center, which helps adults…

MPs have overwhelmingly voted by 397 to 223 to authorise UK air strikes against so-called Islamic State in Syria after an impassioned 10-hour Commons debate. The BBC understands 67 Labour MPs sided with the government in backing military…

(BBC) China has denied it was behind an alleged cyber-attack on Australia's Bureau of Meteorology (BoM). The Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported a "massive" hack on Wednesday, saying it had been told by "multiple official…

(BBC) Police in California have named two suspects killed after a mass shooting which left 14 people dead at a social services centre. The man and woman, Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 27, were killed in an exchange of fire…

(BBC) Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been found guilty of murder after a South African appeals court overturned an earlier manslaughter verdict. Pistorious killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in February 2013 after shooting four…

(BBC) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been accused of hypocrisy after it was revealed he was using public money to pay for nannies to look after his children. During Mr Trudeau's campaign, he criticised the Conservative Party's…

(BBC) Russia's defence ministry has accused the family of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of being directly involved in the trade of petroleum with the Islamic State group. Deputy Defence Minister Anatoly Antonov said Turkey was the…

(BBC) There are reports of an active shooter near a golf course in San Bernardino, California, with possibly 20 victims. The San Bernardino Fire Department tweeted that it was responding to a "20 victim shooting incident" and it was…

US President Barack Obama has said the UN Climate Conference in Paris could be a "turning point" in global efforts to limit future temperature rises. Negotiators from 195 countries will try to reach a deal within two weeks aimed at…

Russia has accused Turkey of shooting down its warplane, near the border with Syria in order to protect its oil trade with the Islamic State (IS) group. Speaking at international talks on Climate Change in Paris, Russian President Vladimir…

(BBC) The German cabinet has backed plans for military support in the fight against Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria. Tornado reconnaissance aircraft, a naval frigate and a 1,200-strong force will be sent to the region under the…

(BBC) Chicago's police chief has been fired following the outcry over the fatal shooting of a black teenager by a police officer. The city's mayor, Rahm Emanuel, told reporters he had dismissed Superintendent Garry McCarthy because of an…

(BBC) Faulty equipment was a "major factor" in the AirAsia plane crash last December that killed all 162 people on board, Indonesian officials say. The plane's rudder control system malfunctioned four times during the flight - a fault that…

(Trinidad Express) Expectant father Vinod Madho died after he was struck and became trapped under an overturned boat at sea on Saturday night. Madho was the third person in less than three weeks to lose his life in the waters off the coast…