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Two rockets hit southern Beirut
Sun, 26 May 2013 06:41:45 GMT
Two rockets hit a Hezbollah-run area of Beirut, hours after the Lebanese Shia group's leader promised victory for his fighters in neighbouring Syria.
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Paris knifing treated as terrorism
Sun, 26 May 2013 09:02:50 GMT
French anti-terrorist investigators are handling the case of a soldier stabbed while on duty in Paris, prosecutors confirm.
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Gandhi 'devastated' by India ambush
Sun, 26 May 2013 06:03:21 GMT
The head of India's Congress Party, Sonia Gandhi, says she is "devastated" by an attack on party officials in Chhattisgarh, which left 23 people dead.
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Serbia state funeral for last king
Sun, 26 May 2013 08:07:09 GMT
Thousands of Serbs are expected to turn out for a state funeral for Yugoslavia's last king, Peter II, and three other members of his family.
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Italians vote in local elections
Sun, 26 May 2013 06:57:56 GMT
Italians go to the polls in two days of local elections seen as a test for the new coalition government, with the focus on Rome's mayoral vote.
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Extremism taskforce after Woolwich
Sat, 25 May 2013 21:18:18 GMT
David Cameron is to set up a taskforce to "look again" at the government's strategy for dealing with extremism and radicalisation in the wake of the killing of a soldier in Woolwich.
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Niger leader warns of Libyan threat
Sun, 26 May 2013 09:07:26 GMT
Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou says suicide bombers who attacked two targets in his country last week came from southern Libya.
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Thousands complete Boston Marathon
Sat, 25 May 2013 23:39:14 GMT
Thousands of runners complete the final mile of Boston Marathon, five weeks after they were forced to abandon the race after two bombs exploded.
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Brazil 'cancels' most African debt
Sat, 25 May 2013 21:30:13 GMT
Brazil says it will cancel or restructure almost $900m (£600m) worth of debt owed by African countries, to boost economic ties with the continent.
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Two men charged over UK plane alert
Sun, 26 May 2013 08:42:54 GMT
Police name two men from Lancashire charged with endangering an aircraft after RAF Typhoon jets escorted a passenger plane over the UK.
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Borussia Dortmund 1-2 Bayern Munich
Sat, 25 May 2013 21:43:13 GMT
Arjen Robben scores a dramatic late winner as Bayern Munich beat Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League final.
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Apple 1 from 1976 sells for $650,000
Sat, 25 May 2013 16:41:39 GMT
An original Apple 1 computer from 1976 - one of the first built in Steve Jobs' garage - sells at auction for more than 500,000 euros ($650,000).
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In pictures: Clown Day in Lima
Sat, 25 May 2013 23:05:56 GMT
Hundreds of professional clowns celebrate Clown Day in the Peruvian capital, Lima
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VIDEO: Inside Iraq's Imam Hussein mosque
Fri, 24 May 2013 18:50:12 GMT
Aleem Maqbool visits the Imam Hussein Mosque in the Iraqi city of Karbala, the site of a holy pilgrimage for Shia Muslims.
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VIDEO: 70s Apple computer sells for $650,000
Sun, 26 May 2013 03:20:13 GMT
What's thought to be one of the last remaining original Apple computers, made in a family garage in California, has sold for a record price at auction in Germany.
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