Collapsing Thai rice-buying scheme can dent premier Yingluck Shinawatra's popularity.
NSA collecting less than 30% of Americans' call records following surge in mobile usage.
The Met Office has warned of 'phenomenal' waves more than 45ft high, with winds of up to 80mph.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak says surveillance in place, but remarks later withdrawn.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel calls Nuland's expletive 'absolutely unacceptable' as Ukrainian opposition urges calm.
Best moments of opening ceremony Russia's controversial Winter Games.
Circassians once called the area around Sochi their homeland.
Petition launched in the wake of controversial Andy Carroll red card.
Rabbi David Zicherman urges civil disobedience over draft exemption withdrawal.
Photographs of Earth taken by Nasa's Curiosity Rover posted on Twitter.
Crimes against humanity are being committed in CAR, where people are killed, mutilated and raped all across the country.
Circassian activists compare nineteenth century ethnic cleansing by Russian Czarist troops to the Holocaust.
Protesters set a local government building on fire in Bosnia.
Black History Month is seen by critics to have a counterproductive effect.
Member of Parliament Hri Kumar says he has a 'cure for Anton Casey'.
Government buildings set on fire by angry demonstrators protesting against dire economic situation.
Olympic champion and President's United Russia party MP said to hold key role in Winter Games opening ceremony
Lisa McIntire received a letter from the bank addressed to "Lisa is a slut McIntire".
NoSochi2014.com, website commemorating Circassian genocide infected by malware.
Business writer Kevin Roose lifts the lid on behaviour of financial elite.
Phakmo Samdup's radical protest triggers heightened security in the Tibetan region
Enjoy the company of the 'Big Five' at Pilanesberg National Park.
Mujica sees the legalisation of marijuana as an alternative way to combat war on drugs.
'Leader of the Nation' suggests rebranding for oil-rich Central Asia nation to separate it from poor 'stans'.
Circassians, LGBT, Environment and Animal Rights activists oppose Russian president Vladimir Putin's Winter Olympics.
Commuters travel by river and bus over two-day strike.
2,200 people evacuated following discovery of 2,000lb explosive at hotel building site.
Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak says risk of attack is minimal on eve of opening ceremony.
Rio police clash with protesters after Black Block anarchists hijack peaceful march.
Police arrest 11 people including restaurant owner for selling human meat in Anambra state.