Country's former president says Nigeria did not act fast enough to rescue the 200 girls taken by Boko Haram.
Up to 51 people have been reportedly killed after a passenger bus plunged 400 metres into a ravine in southern Brazil.
Kurdish government accuses Islamists of using chlorine gas against Peshmerga fighters.
Organiser of Copenhagen 'ring of peace': 'Jews should able to have their religion in peace'
The body of Konstandinos Erik Scurfield was handed over to his father and uncle by grateful Kurds
KPCB's $16m gender discrimination trial saw jurors question Reddit CEO Ellen Pao this week.
IBTimes UK picks highlights from the 19th Human Rights Watch Film Festival, 18-27 March, London.
Antiquities plundered from archaeological sites in Iraq and Syria are appearing for sale on online auction sites such as eBay.
Spanish woman sues Spanish government, demanding a DNA test to prove Salvador Dalí was her father.
Nun in her 70s in a serious condition after being gang-raped by robbers.
Hundreds of mourners expected to attend the funeral of the teenager who killed by a police officer
Documentary tells the story of Lizzie Velásquez, dubbed 'The World's Ugliest Woman' by YouTube bullies
Ed Miliband attacks David Cameron again, while promises to make a 'better Britain', at pre-election conference.
Cyclone Olwyn moves down West Australia's coast, as Cyclone Nathan heads out to sea.
Child, named as 'Ryan', dropped out of French elementary school last year
Aung Tagun 3 sailing from Taunggok to Sittwe said to have been carrying more than 200 people.
Privacy advocates express concern at a new interactive 'Hello Barbie' doll which can record conversations.
Reports of widespread devastation in Vanuatu continue to come in from relief agencies following arrival of cyclone Pam.
Bronze of Indian civil rights leader Mahatma Gandhi stands opposite the Houses of Parliament.
A military helicopter carrying a sick baby for treatment in Belgrade has crashed in thick fog near the Serbian capital.
Housing Minister Mostafa Madbouly announced massive $45bn construction project.
Pregnant women are one of the most vulnerable groups in the Syria refugee crisis.
The Islamic teacher was trying to discipline her students during the optional Quran class.
Forest fire rages across historic Chilean port city of Valparaiso as thousands of evacuations are under way.
Vanuatu capital Port Villa bears brunt of storm while Kiribati and the Solomon Islands also battered.
The category five storm has struck the heavily populated areas of the Vanuatu islands sparking fears of a high death toll.
Previously unseen pictures of Bin Laden hiding out in Afghanistan published for the first time.
Pontiff calls only the 27th Jubilee in the history of the Roman Catholic Church.
A senior official at Iraq's Ministry of Defence has claimed that Tikrit has been liberated from Isis
The Kremlin has tried to quash rumours that Putin is dead. Here are five reasons why not everyone believes it.