Yemen car bomb: Suicide attack outside police academy in Sanaa kills 38
Suicide bomber rams minibus on people waiting outside police academy to enrol themselves in force.
AirAsia QZ8501: Indonesia maps plane's tail in potential breakthrough in black box search
Indonesia confirms locating the flight's tail section underwater, increasing hopes of recovering the plane's recorders.
India: 11 killed after bus falls into ravine in Andhra Pradesh
More than 25 passengers injured, some critically, in bus accident in Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district.
Syria used chlorine gas, reaffirms chemical weapons watchdog
Global chemical weapons watchdog OPCW says 'with high degree of confidence' chlorine gas was employed.
North Korea inching towards miniaturising nuclear device capable of striking US mainland, says Seoul
White Paper released by the South Korean defence ministry details Pyongyang's nuclear progress.
Ukraine gearing up for war alongside peace talks
Even as peace talks are to take place in Berlin and Kazakhstan, President Petro Poroshenko bolsters army's might.
Two NYPD officers shot in Bronx, suspects on loose
NYPD officers' bullet wounds not life-threatening as suspects flee in car.
Palestine risks $400m US funding over Israel ICC war crimes bid
Obama administration considers halting $400m aid to Palestine over move to join ICC.
Arab League to hold emergency talks on Libya unrest
Arab League set to discuss how to deal with increasing conflict in Libya.
Captain of Norwegian ship which sank off Vietnam coast confirmed dead
Bodies of the captain and deputy captain were recovered from the southern Vietnamese coast.
AirAsia QZ8501: Search for black box resumes as weather eases
Search operation in Indonesia's waters to focus on finding crashed plane's flight data recorders.
Mahmoud Abbas in fresh bid to secure Palestine statehood
Palestinian president hopes to secure majority against Israeli occupation at UN Security Council.
India: Menstruation strip search test in Kerala sparks 'tampon protests'
At least 45 women forced to undergo strip search to check whether they are menstruating by factory supervisors.
Canada: Eight killed in Edmonton mass-murder over domestic violence
Gunman kills himself after shooting dead six adults and two children in Canadian city of Edmonton.
South China factory blast kills 17 and injures 20
A powerful explosion ripped through Fuhua Machinery Plant in the southern Chinese city of Foshan.
UN Security Council rejects Palestine statehood resolution
US and Australia vote against draft resolution while eight nations vote in favour of establishing Palestinian statehood.
AirAsia flight QZ8501 sits upside down on ocean floor as bad weather hampers search
Indonesian authorities recover six dead bodies so far and DNA tests are conducted alongside recovery measures.
AirAsia QZ8501: Body bags en route to crash site as Indonesia confirms spotting debris and bloated corpses
Indonesian search officials confirm that the detected 'red and white' objects are wreckage of the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501.
AirAsia QZ8501: Possible debris of missing plane spotted in search zone
Indonesia search and rescue personnel have spotted objects resembling the aircraft in a potential breakthrough.
US airstrike targets top al-Shabaab leader in Somalia
Officials did not confirm whether top al-Shabaab commander was killed in attack on Somalian town of Saakow.
AirAsia QZ8501: Indonesia widens search as US and China send vessels
Indonesia expands search zone beyond islands of Sumatra and Borneo in Java Sea to find crash site.
Australian aircraft detects suspected objects linked to AirAsia QZ8501
BREAKING: Authorities are closely probing whether the detected objects are related to the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501.
AirAsia QZ8501 29 December: Search for missing flight called off for second night
Planes and ships scour Indonesian waters as authorities suspect missing flight likely at bottom of sea.
AirAsia QZ8501 LIVE: Flight with 162 people goes missing over Indonesia airspace
Air Asia plane travelling from Indonesia to Singapore loses contact with ground and speculation grows over crash.
AirAsia QZ8501: Missing flight 'crashed' in East Pacific Islands as authorities checking reports
Reports emerge speculating that the missing flight crashed in sea but aviation authorities are still investigating.
AirAsia flight with 162 people on board from Indonesia to Singapore goes missing
Air Asia flight QZ8501 from Indonesian city of Surabaya bound for Singapore loses contact with Jakarta air traffic control.
Nato hits back at Russia for listing alliance as top security threat
Moscow lists Nato alliance as top security threat in revised military doctrine.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon urges Pakistan to rescind death penalty
UN Secretary General asks Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif to restore moratorium on capital punishment.
North Korea calls Obama 'monkey' over recent internet blackout
Pyongyang's powerful National Defence Commission spews venom on Washington over North Korea cyber outage.
Ukrainian government and pro-Russian rebels exchange prisoners
Hundreds of prisoners freed in rebel stronghold Donetsk after deal facilitated by OCSE.
