The French and German leaders are to mark the 100th anniversary of Verdun, the longest battle of World War One - and one of its most brutal.

The NHS could save millions of pounds if families and doctors were offered mediation when they disagreed on a treatment, a leading consultant says.

The German airline, Lufthansa, says it will suspend flights to Venezuela from next month due to growing economic difficulties in the country.

A Chinese firm apologises over a now notorious advert in which a black man is stuffed into a washing machine and emerges a light-skinned Asian.

After a secret German WW2 code machine is found on eBay, the National Museum of Computing is asking people to search for its motor.

Zoo officials shoot dead a gorilla after it grabbed a four-year-old boy who fell into its enclosure in the US city of Cincinnati.

Olympiakos striker Alan Pulido has been kidnapped in Mexico's northern border state of Tamaulipas, officials say.

BBC Two motoring show Top Gear relaunches with its new line-up of hosts, after the departure of its old team fronted by Jeremy Clarkson.