House of Cards' Frank Underwood pitched against actual contender Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi in spoof campaign.
UN to decide if fully autonomous weapons are legitimate law enforcement tool, but human rights activists say no
Teenage girl gives account of escape from Boko Haram after Chibok night raid.
Late in the evening of 8 May 1945 Field Marshall Wilhem Keitel signed Germany's ratified surrender terms to Soviet Marshall Zhukov
EU foreign ministers meeting to discuss sanctions against Russia as the Kremlin backs Ukraine referendum.
Feud between Israel's two top politicians intensifies as Netanyahu urges scrapping of presidential powers
Woman claimed to have been raised by pack of wolves during WW2 in fake autobiographical novel.
Courtney Link stabs giant snake in Hong Kong park after it attacked her dog.
Analysts say strong PMI growth should hold, barring major societal change.
Six Golden Dawn MPs are in prison waiting trial for the party's alleged criminal activities.
Abel Fatah al-Sisi, Egypt's former military chief, gives first foreign media interview.
Prime ministerial candidates Narendra Modi and Arvind Kejriwal will be contesting 3000-year-old city of Varanasi.
Derrick Ward has tweeted his disgust over first gay NFL player Michael Sam's kiss on ESPN.
African women are highly prone to HIV because of a chronic disease caused by parasitic worms.
Moscow set to release its official response on referendums as calls for Donetsk and Luhansk's accession to Russia rise.
Chris Ogden, a lecturer in International Relations at the University of St Andrews, analyses India's vote.
British satellite telecommunications company Inmarsat offers free tracking service to international passenger airlines.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan expressing support.
Referendums a 'step towards the abyss,' says Ukraine's interim President Olexandr Turchynov.
Observation Post Sterga is closed as British Armed Forces wind down operations in Afghanistan.
The rapper said he was driven to injure himself due to depression, after being separated from his children.
The workers from a recycling factory were taking shelter from the rain.
At least one person is believed to be dead and several others injured as crowds gathered to vote at Krasnoarmeisk town hall.
Transylvanian fortress was home to the feared Vlad the Impaler, inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula.
Mostly sub-Saharan African migrants died after boat sank around 37 miles east of Tripoli.
American policy has backfired and opened up opportunities for anti-western jihadist groups, claim top officials.
Voting 'irregularities' mar poll - but what are they voting for?
Pilot and three passengers escape with minor injuries after Cirrus light aircraft crash-lands in front of Australia home.
Cocaine has contaminated Britain's water supply, according to a study assessing the dangers from pharmaceutical compounds in drinking water.
Footage recently discovered in Pennsylvania provides new clues as to what caused airship to explode in 1937.