Pakistan: YouTube ban lifted after Google launches local version
YouTube relaunched after Google confirms blasphemous content filtered out.
France drug trial: Health minister says drug trials should continue despite death
French health minister insists 'there is nothing to justify stopping clinical trials.'
Saudi Arabia: Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir calls on UK to 'respect' death penalty
Minister says work needs to be done on the negative perception of Saudi Arabia in the UK.
Pakistan: Teenager cuts off own hand after blasphemy mistake
Parents and neighbours celebrate after boy cuts off hand believing he had committed blasphemy.
Istanbul bombings: Suicide bomber Nabil Fadli registered as a refugee a week before attack
Attacker left his fingerprints at the Istanbul immigration centre after entering Turkey from Syria.
Germany: Male asylum seekers banned from public pools in Bornheim
Several male asylum seekers engaged in 'sexually offensive behaviour' leading to a ban at public pools.
Skip washing hands after petting dogs to retain friendly bacteria
Scientists say excessive hand washing should be avoided for the body to take in good bacteria.
Italy: African asylum seekers take to catwalk
Migrants from Mali and Gambia walk down fashion runway at Florence's Pitti Uomo exhibition.
Changing exams timetable for religious festivals like Ramadan 'sets wrong precedent' says Ofsted
Chief inspector of schools says accommodating religious festivals will make 'things very difficult'.
US: £347,000 worth of marijuana passed off as carrots found at Mexico border
US Customs and Border Protection officers seize 2,817 carrot-shaped packets containing marijuana.
UK scientist seeks permission to turn genes on and off in human embryos
Kathy Niakan is trying to study which genes control the development of human embryos.
France: President Hollande says French Jews should not 'hide' skullcaps out of fear
French President finds it 'intolerable' for French Jews to be assaulted over 'religious choice'.
Charlie Hebdo magazine under fire for Syrian refugee Aylan Kurdi cartoon
Charlie Hebdo magazine condemned for featuring Aylan Kurdi with 'groper' caption.
Pakistan: New World Hackers bring down government website
While interviewing live on radio, New World Hackers take down Pakistan government's military site.
Israel: Airbnb condemned for 'illegal' West Bank listings
Palestinian officials to take action against Airbnb for 'illegally profiting from occupation'.
EU migrant crisis: Germany sends migrants across to Austria say police
Hundreds from Afghanistan, Morocco and Algeria are sent from Germany every day.
Qatar: 'The Danish Girl' banned in local cinemas for 'depravity'
Authorities in Qatar ban transgender artist film 'The Danish Girl' after online uproar.
Oscar Pistorius seeks to appeal murder conviction in top South Africa court
Former paralympian Oscar Pistorius makes final attempt to overturn his murder conviction.
France: Daredevil Tancrede Melet falls to his death preparing tightrope stunt
Daredevil Tancrede Melet fell 98ft in air to his death while trying to tightrope walk between hot air balloons.
Japan: Great white shark dies after three days in aquarium
World's only captive great white shark dies after barely three days at Japanese Okinawa Churaumi aquarium.
Mexico: Drug lord El Chapo recaptured after prison break
Drug cartel boss El Chapo back in the prison confirms Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto.
Migrant crisis: Germany to speed up repatriations as migrant count nears million mark
Germany to speed up repatriation of rejected asylum seekers as more arrivals forecast in 2016.
Sex study: Women are bisexual or gay but never straight says University of Essex research
Study reveals straight women are aroused by videos of naked women.
France: Nationals advised to refrain from non-essential travel to Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh resort
Following Russian plane crash, France's foreign ministry warns against travel to Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh.
Meat with misleading labels sold across European Union despite horse meat scandal
Consumer watchdog finds meat sold across EU contains less or different kind of meat than labelled.
Pakistan: Parliament committee pushes for tougher punishment for child sexual abuse
Existing punishment for sexual abuse of children ranges from ten years' imprisonment to death penalty.
Indonesia: Goat farts set off smoke alarm, force plane to make emergency landing
Singapore airlines flight makes emergency landing in Bali after more than 2000 sheep on board set off smoke alarm.
Research reveals diet soda linked to heart failure
Study finds men who drank at least 2 sweetened drinks a day had 23% higher chance of heart failure.
Pakistan: Woman burns to death after rejected suitor sets her ablaze
Twenty-year-old Sonia Bibi incurred burns on 45 to 50 per cent of her body after her suitor attacked her.
Oscar Pistorius: Defence lawyer Barry Roux recorded saying 'I am going to lose'
Paralympian Oscar Pistorius's lawyer, Barry Roux, overheard in court saying he will 'lose'.