Brazil: Court ruling helps President Dilma Rousseff escape impeachment for now
Supreme Court orders lower house commission set up to deal with the proceedings to be scrapped.
Canada: Justin Trudeau vows reconciliation with abused aboriginal residential school victims
Truth and Reconciliation Commission report calls it 'cultural genocide'.
Obama administration reaches out to Muslim and Sikh communities
White House tries to allay fears as hate crimes grow after recent terror attacks.
Star Wars: Now add a lightsaber to your Facebook profile to celebrate The Force Awakens
Choose between two types of lightsabers: The evil red or Luke's blue.
After Facebook and Google, Twitter warns users of state-sponsored hacks
This is the first time the microblogging site has issued such a warning.
Pakistan: 24 killed in blast at crowded market as Sunni group claims responsibility
Pakistani media reports suggest that two suspects have been taken into custody.
India: Baby boy born in Uber cab in Delhi named after firm
The driver with help from two other women turned the cab into a labour room.
Gambia declared Islamic republic by President Yahya Jammeh
The country had withdrawn from the Commonwealth in 2013.
Paris attacks: Bataclan Isis suicide bomber Foued Mohamed-Aggad was an army reject
Aggad failed army and police entrance tests before joining Daesh.
Angela Merkel's CDU calls for ban on burqas in Germany
France and Belgium already have bans in place amid calls to extend it.
Arnold Peralta: Former Rangers midfielder and Honduras football player shot dead
Peralta was shot 18 times by an unknown assailant on a motorbike.
Playing 3D video games can boost human memory within weeks
Benefits were unique to 'involving' 3D games but not in 2D games such as Angry Birds.
India: Salman Khan acquitted of drunken driving and culpable homicide in hit-and-run case
Prosecution failed to establish Bollywood star was drunk and behind the wheel, judge held in the 2002 case.
Mexico becomes first country to approve Sanofi's dengue vaccine
Dengvaxia still is barred for use by children under nine, a demographic most at risk from the mosquito-borne disease.
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's new jet costs €1m a month but 'no one can fly it'
Splurge comes in the wake of the country's mounting debts and slow growth.
India: Subhash Chandra Bose did not enter Soviet Union, show letters
Various theories have been floated about Indian freedom fighter after his Japanese plane crashed in 1945.
San Bernardino shooter Tashfeen Malik may have travelled to India, say Saudis
Indian immigration department finds no evidence and seek details from Saudi government.
Spain: Two suspected Isis recruits of Moroccan origin arrested
The suspects had posted generic death threats against France and Spain on social networks.
Twitter tests reordering of tweets by relevance but users unhappy
New system based on an algorithm is similar to one employed by Facebook.
Google speculated to launch Android One 2.0 during Sundar Pichai's India visit
Google rumoured to be working on second version of Android One with more features and 4G facility.
Traces of arsenic from Chile mines found in Antarctica
Arsenic-contaminated water if consumed over a long period of time can cause chronic diseases.
Bernie Sanders wins TIME person of the year readers' poll
Democratic presidential candidate comes ahead of US President Barack Obama and Pope Francis.
India: Delhi to implement odd-even car policy to combat deadly air pollution
Plying of all types of vehicles will be restricted in world's most polluted city.
Poland denies move to join Nato nuclear programme
Deputy Defence Minister Tomasz Szatkowski had earlier said Poland was in talks to join the programme.
Mexico: Police arrest three suspects and hunt for two more for killing Australian surfers
Remains found in burnt out van not yet confirmed as being missing tourists Dean Lucas and Adam Coleman.
Melbourne cafe siege: Lone gunman arrested after eight-hour hostage drama ends peacefully
Police negotiated with the gunman and got him to surrender.
Instagram's most liked photos of 2015: Kendall Jenner's 'heart hair' picture tops list
Taylor Swift dominated, featuring in five of the top 10 list.
Brazil: Parliament opens impeachment proceedings against Dilma Rousseff
Brazilian president is accused of violating fiscal laws and illegally funding her campaign with 'kickbacks'.
Afghanistan says Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour 'seriously injured' after shootout in Pakistan
Radical Islamic outfit hit by factional fighting since death of Mulllah Omar denies the claim.
Peshawar school massacre: Pakistan executes 4 for attack that killed 125 children
Pakistan lifted moratorium on death penalty after massacre and set up military courts to hear terror cases.
