US citizen was held in April for 'violations of Democratic People's Republic of Korea law'.
Dui Hua Foundation says Beijing's use of capital punishment has decreased over last decade
US televangelist accused of pressuring parishioners into having abortions and vasectomies.
Rival Islamic groups moved closer since US-led air strikes started pounding Islamic State in Kobani
Sexual violence is carried out by both warring sides in the war-torn country
The fight for the Syrian border town of Kobani in pictures
Divisions continue to widen as Islamic State influence grows among Pakistan's jihadi circles
Negotiations to include re-opening of airport, opening of port, release of prisoners and reconstruction.
Australian teen, the spokesman in the new video, fled to Syria after telling his mother that he was 'going fishing'.
US airdropped weapons, ammunitions and military supplies to Kurdish forces in Kobani
Christophe de Margerie was killed in a plane accident in Moscow, Russia.
Thousands of people have bought a stuffed toy resembling an Ebola virus strain.
Footage captures soldiers handcuffing and blindfolding 11-year-old child near settlement in Hebron.
Five key Yemeni figures are the target of possible UN sanctions
Father refuses to forgive daughter sentenced to death by stoning by Islamic State.
Deportation to take place after mass arrest of illegal immigrants carried out in Jazan city
Islam convert on trial for plotting to prepare 'terrorist acts' returned to France to buy electronic cigarette.
Volcanologists spot lava flows from Mount Mayon volcano in the Philippines as earthquakes recorded.
Abadi in Tehran as Sunni insurgent group captures areas close to Iranian border.
Local media report new mass kidnapping day after government claimed Boko Haram had agreed truce
Meanwhile, Russia's Investigative Committee has launched a criminal investigation.
Initial probe finds driver of snow plough at Moscow's Vnukovo 3 Airport was under influence of alcohol.
Study says without exit screening, three Ebola-infected travellers will fly out every month increasing the spread of the disease.
Both sides expect no breakthrough but hope talks will at least help ease tensions as Leung Chun-ying says China will keep off.
Despite local and global opposition, Israeli settlers occupy two buildings in Palestinian neighbourhood Silwan.
Even the shampoo and soap in the rooms are certified as halal and do not contain any animal fats or alcohol.
Gale force winds, torrential rain and falling trees are expected to hit the UK in the wake of Hurricane Gonzalo.
Pyotr Pavlensky has previously nailed his scrotum to Red Square and wrapped himself in barbed wire.
A registered sex offender, Darren Deon Vann has confessed to strangling a woman whose body was found at a local motel on Friday.
Sweden's military denies searching for Russian sub but speculation continues