A text hidden underneath an obelisk in Rome throws new light on Benito Mussolini’s fascist regime and how it wished to be seen by future generations.

Ireland should recover up to €13bn (£11bn) from Apple in back taxes, the European Commission has ruled.

Afghan security forces are combing the American University in the capital, Kabul, following a militant attack.

Nicola Adams became the first British boxer to retain an Olympic title for 92 years by winning gold in the women’s flyweight final at Rio 2016.

The Mexican government’s human rights body has accused police of killing 22 people in extrajudicial executions in a raid on a drug cartel last year.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has overhauled his campaign team for the second time in two months, with two new leaders.

A female Iranian activist who held a protest banner during a volleyball match at the Rio Olympics was asked to take it down and leave by security staff.

Russia has accused Ukraine of trying to carry out armed incursions into Crimea – the territory annexed by Russia in 2014 after an unrecognised referendum.

The mother of a dead US Muslim soldier has hit back at presidential hopeful Donald Trump for questioning her silence during a speech by her husband.

Dozens of families have left besieged eastern areas of the city of Aleppo along a humanitarian corridor, Syrian state media says.