French police have seized 20 tonnes of miniature Eiffel Towers in a crackdown on the illegal souvenir trade in Paris.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has acknowledged an “error” in a book of his which reportedly reproduces parts of a diplomat’s speech without referencing him, just a week after being accused of plagiarising his thesis.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen expressed outrage yesterday after being ordered to undergo psychiatric tests for tweeting pictures of atrocities committed by the Islamic State (IS) group.

Nine people were killed and nine others injured when Boko Haram fighters raided two villages in northeast Nigeria, the civilian militia said yesterday.

Amnesty International yesterday accused Venezuela’s security forces of thousands of extrajudicial executions targeting mainly poor young men.

Nestor Baez Alvarenga, wanted in Brazil for suspected drug trafficking and money laundering, is escorted by a Paraguay police official after being arrested at his house in Asuncion yesterday.

Eight people died and 14 others were injured in an accident between the municipalities of Guaduas and Puerto Salgar

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has decided to drop nearly Rs1.6tn ($13.11bn) worth projects from the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP), with the aim to divert public funds towards schemes that are already being implemented.

Theresa May was forced to insist her Chequers plan was not dead and accused European Union leaders of engaging in “negotiating tactics” after she was ambushed at the end of Salzburg summit when Donald Tusk declared that her proposals would not work.

Sewing needles were taken off the shelves at a major Australian supermarket chain yesterday amid a national panic over sharp objects being found inside strawberries and other fruit.

Shinzo Abe vowed yesterday to press on with revising Japan’s pacifist constitution after winning a historic third term as party head that set him on course to become the country’s longest-serving premier.

Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in visited the spiritual birthplace of the Korean nation yesterday for a show of unity after their North-South summit gave new momentum to Pyongyang’s negotiations with Washington.