India: UN Voices Concern over Rape and Hanging of Two Teenage Girls Ban Ki-moon's spokesperson slams gender-based violence in India and Pakistan. May 31, 2014
David Cameron Asks Sudan to Review Meriam Ibrahim Death Sentence Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband also press Sudanese government on Christian woman. May 31, 2014
War on Blood Pressure: More Lives Saved Now than 20 Years Ago Better management of hypertension has cut numbers of heart attacks and strokes May 30, 2014
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370: Search Area to be Widened in Indian Ocean Australia still confident plane wreckage could be lying in Indian Ocean. May 30, 2014
South Korea: Fire at Nursing Home for Elderly Kills 21 Police suspect 81-year-old dementia patient started lethal blaze May 28, 2014
India's New PM Narendra Modi Has Compact Ministry Veterans Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitely and Sushma Swaraj part of new BJP government. May 27, 2014
Chinese Ship Sinks Vietnamese Fishing Vessel near Controversial Oil Rig Vietnam's Coast Guard says fishing vessel sinks after being hit by Chinese ship. May 27, 2014 Philippines
Petro Poroshenko Wins Ukraine Presidential Election: Rebles Seize Donetsk Airport Armed pro-Russian rebels seize airport in backdrop of electoral victory of pro-European businessman May 26, 2014
Egypt Goes to Polls, Former Army Chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Frontrunner Al-Sisi had backed revolt against Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi. May 26, 2014
Iranian Businessman Executed Over $2.6bn Bank Fraud Mahafarid Amir Khosravi swindled billions from leading banks to purchase over 35 companies. May 24, 2014
China Urumqi Suicide Bombing: Police Identify Suspects as Religious Extremists Uighur separatists influenced by radical religious beliefs blamed for attack in Xinjiang province. May 24, 2014
Pope Francis Arrives in Jordan on First Leg of Middle East Tour Pope breaks with tradition by travelling with rabbi and imam and flying directly to Bethlehem. May 24, 2014 Pope Francis
India: Parents Force 11-month-old to Perform Solo Parasailing Stunt The parents and organisers of the event who wanted to set a record were booked for child rights violation May 22, 2014
US Successfully Launches Shore-Based Missile Interceptor The test comes at a time when US and Russia are embroiled in the Ukraine crisis. May 22, 2014
French Rail Company Orders 2,000 Trains - and Finds Them too Wide for Old Platforms SNCF has to now spend millions of euros to reconfigure platforms to fit too-wide trains. May 21, 2014
Prince Charles Likens Putin to Adolf Hitler: Nick Clegg to the Rescue UK's Prince Charles compared Russian President Vladimir Putin to Nazi dictator over the recent crisis in Ukraine. May 21, 2014
Abu Hamza, London-Based Islamist Cleric, Faces Life Term in US Prison Hamza, charged with hostage-taking and helping al-Qaida, found guilty by New York court. May 20, 2014
Colombia Bus Fire Kills More than 30 Children Children were travelling from an event at a Church in Fundacion when bus caught fire May 19, 2014
India Elections 2014: History in the Making as Country Poised to Get First One-Party Led Government in 30 Years For the first time in history the BJP looks set to cross the 272 mark and gain a majority in parliament May 16, 2014
Hong Kong Burns Massive Ivory Stockpile as 100 Elephants a Day Butchered by Poachers Environmentalists have launched campaigns to sensitize public on the brutality elephants suffer for their tusks. May 15, 2014