Islamic militants from the Boko Haram group in north-eastern Nigeria have attacked a school and shot some students, the military has said. Dozens of pupils are reported to have been killed. Police told Reuters that all the dead were boys and that some of the ...
In fleeing revolutionary Kiev on Friday, Ukraine's now ex-President Viktor Yanukovych chose to fly to his stronghold in the south-east of the country before heading to Crimea in the deep south. Media reports suggest he may have been preparing a yacht to flee ...
The capture by Mexican marines of drug lord Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman has been lauded as "an impeccable operation". The BBC's Mexico correspondent Will Grant looks at the significance of his arrest for the country's president, Enrique Pena Nieto. It is hard ...
Judicial authorities in the United States say they will seek the extradition of the world's top drug baron, Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman. Guzman, the leader of the Sinaloa drugs cartel, was arrested in Mexico on Saturday after 13 years on the run. He was detained in ...
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is set to sign into law a controversial new bill under which homosexuals could be given long prison terms. He wants to approve the law before foreign media to assert "Uganda's independence in the face of Western ...
Ukraine's new interim President Oleksandr Turchynov has said the country will focus on closer integration with the EU. Mr Turchynov was appointed following the dismissal of President Viktor Yanukovych by MPs on Saturday. Mr Yanukovych's rejection of an ...
The veteran leader, who has been in power since 1980, released 90 balloons into the air at a stadium east of the capital Harare. He turned 90 on Friday but was in Singapore for eye surgery at the time. Many schoolchildren were among the crowd, waving ...
Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has issued a statement denying charges of corruption in connection with a controversial rice purchase scheme. Thailand's anti-corruption commission said on Tuesday that it would charge her for her role in the ...
Researchers have found that two diseases harboured by honeybees are spilling over into wild bumblebees. Insects infected with deformed wing virus and a fungal parasite called Nosema ceranae were found across England, Scotland and Wales. Writing in ...
Supporters and opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro have taken to the streets of the capital, Caracas, in rival marches. The demonstrations come at a time of growing political tension in Venezuela. Three people were killed during ...
Emergency teams rescued a further 32 people from floods in Surrey during a one-day respite from stormy weather, but the Thames area is again on alert for more rain, Surrey Police has said. Nearly 900 people have been rescued in the county since Sunday.
Messaging app Viber has been bought by Rakuten, the owner of online retailer Play.com. The Japanese company will pay $900m (£540m) for the mobile application, which offers free calls and text messages from a mobile phone. Rakuten, which also owns ...
"It's alive!! The rabbit is still alive!! The rabbit's awake!! It's really awake!!", wrote one user on weibo, China's version of Twitter. "Wake up darling baby," cooed another. "Billions of people are calling out to you!" What, pray tell, were they speaking to? China's ...
When Pope Benedict XVI suddenly announced exactly one year ago that he was resigning for health reasons, he sent shock waves around the world. No pope had resigned for 600 years. A second surprise was that after spending a short period of rest at the ...
MPs have backed calls for a ban on smoking in cars in England and Wales when children are passengers, by a majority of 269. The Labour-supported amendment empowers, but does not compel, the government to make it a criminal offence for drivers to fail ...
Former Congolese rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda ordered troops to kill and rape civilians, prosecutors say. Judges at the International Criminal Court are deciding if there is enough evidence for him to stand trial. "He played a key role in planning assaults ...
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