The production is slick, the pundits are sharp and the players are gods.

A Russian man has been arrested after two Ukrainian men were stabbed to death in southern Germany.

Pope Francis has made his first trip out of Rome for seven months with a visit to Venice where he asked worshippers to "pray for me". 

Twenty soldiers have been killed in a huge explosion at a military base in southwestern Cambodia.

Two Russian journalists could face at least two years in prison after they were arrested on "extremism" charges, accused of working for a group founded by the late Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny.

Ireland is pledging emergency legislation enabling it to send asylum seekers back to the UK.