WORLD

Snowy Mountain by Chinese artist Cui Ruzhuo lost after auction at Grand Hyatt hotel

Prince George performed his first official royal engagement – a crawl-about in Wellington, New Zealand

Kim elected chairman of National Defence Commission in first session of newly elected rubber-stamp parliament.

Australian ship Ocean Shield picks up two more acoustic pulses consistent with black box signal from Indian Ocean.

Failure to release Palestinian prisoners and more settlements in occupied West Bank stall negotiations

Four days of counter-terrorism operations against al-Shabaab result in massive number of arrests

186 million Indonesians are registered as eligible to vote in the elections

Lack of government funding is jeopardising safety of zoo animals across Ukraine

Court blocks Nader al-Masri's visa to prevent participation in West Bank race

Demand of hymenoplasty is increasing among Tunisian women.

Eighty thousand Palestinians in Shuafat refugee camp forced to buy unclean water because of Israel 'neglect'

Freedom Party of Austria candidate said EU was worse than Nazi Germany and claimed it would be 'conglomerate of n*****s'.

The International Monetary Fund cut its growth prediction for Russia in the wake of escalating tension over Ukraine.

South Korean media reports official executed with flame-thrower as Kim continues crackdown on uncle's loyalists.

Syria facing a deepening food crisis three years into a devastating civil war

Incoming government faces uphill task of fixing economy's problems.

Birth control legislation dubbed 'evil' by Catholic leaders receives greenlight from Philippines' top court

Steeve Briois claims anti-Semitic Human Rights League has occupied council space illegally

Owner desperate to get rid of Perugia villa where Meredith Kercher was stabbed to death

Elderly priest hailed as 'man of peace' who remained loyal to Syrian people in besieged city.

Gun which fires using electromagnetic energy to be tested at sea in 2016.

Egyptian men jailed for years by court after holding 'deviant parties' and dressing in women's clothes.

Brent May contract up 0.43% to $106.39 a barrel at 10:45 BST.

Jewish Home MK claims Border Police West Bank operation was in retaliation for price-tag attack against IDF jeep

Russia's counter-terrorism chief confirms FSB 'neutralised' Chechen ringleader responsible for multiple terror acts

Real life Barbie wannabe would rather be tortured to death than have children

Ukraine failed to meet a Gazprom deadline of midnight to pay off its $2.2bn in outstanding gas bills

Ukraine arrests 70 pro-Russian protesters in Kharkov and recaptures regional administration building.

Moscow says Ukraine's military preparations in eastern cities could unleash 'civil war' amid increasing unrest.