The first miner to be rescued was Florencio Avalos. Two of the 33 miners trapped deep underground for more than two months in northern Chile have been rescued.

Mining Minister Laurence Golborne said a test of the capsule was carried out to see what effects it had on the rock and the metal container

The US government has warned its citizens in an official travel advisory to be vigilant travelling in Europe, amid fears of an al-Qaeda

Pakistan’s military has been using helicopters to drop food to people in the Kot Addu and Sanawa areas of Punjab province.