Turkish President Erdogan intervened when a depressed man apparently threatened to throw himself off the Bosphorus bridge in Istanbul, his office says.

A powerful earthquake strikes northern Afghanistan and is felt as far away as India, with damage reported in northern Pakistan.

A crowd vandalises a Muslim prayer hall in Corsica, following an attack on firefighters on the French Mediterranean island, officials say.

The public are being urged to think twice before they use A&E over the festive period to help hospitals cope.

Some of the worst flooding in the region in decades drives more than 150,000 people from their homes in Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil.

A Christmas Day bushfire destroys at least 53 homes in a famous Australian tourist area in southern Victoria state.

Millions of shoppers are expected to spend £3.74bn in the Boxing Day sales, experts predict.

A fire at former US President Bill Clinton's childhood home in Arkansas is believed to have been caused by arson, officials say.