WORLD

New report claims government planes have carried out 59 unlawful attacks during two-year civil war.

Uruguay's Congress passed a bill on Wednesday (April 10) to allow same-sex marriages, making it the second country in predominantly Roman Catholic Latin America to do so.

Riot that left eight Buddhists dead allegedly began after sexual assault by fishermen.

Kurdish political prisoner Meral Kurum was sentenced without evidence and shares her cell with her three-year-old son, says Uzay Bulut.

The man was saved from further harm, but now he faces a police probe.

Victims of domestic violence continue to face honour killings and draconian punishments, according to new report.

Anti-foreign nurse swoop on Peloponnese hospital explodes in violence as Roma patient's friends confront Nazis.

Report finds UK ranks 16th out of world's 29 most advanced economies for child well-being.

ILO finds working conditions in Jordan, Lebanon, Kuwait and UAE deplorable.

Timbuktu residents asked to look after camel presented to French president dine out on it instead.

Looters found human remains under garage while ransacking Central African Republic president Bozize's abandoned property.

Inspired by Arab revolutions, grassroots movement may change history in secretive Africa country.

Riyadh moves to stem flow of Yemeni smugglers and illegal immigrants.

Gulf nations fear radiation leak from Bushehr nuclear plant in quake zone.

Japan readied its ballistic missile defence systems on Wednesday (April 10), as fears mounted that North Korea could be set to launch them.

Satellite images show Pyongyang launchpads ready to fire Nodong and Scud missiles, says Seoul.

Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus pachyderm hit by stray bullet in mystery shooting.

Bernard Cazeneuve promises action on ministers and civil servants who have squirrelled away millions in hidden accounts.

Increasing number of people around world abusing codeine in ‘hip-hop’ drink that originated in Texas.

Leaked report claims Germany should repay Athens €162bn in wartime reparations.

Scientist says flights will take longer and be more turbulent because of climate change.

Five radical feminist activists staged topless protest against Russian president in Germany

University of Tehran said 6.1 magnitude was reported near the city of Bushehr, on the Persian Gulf

Ljubisa Bogdanovic killed 13 people in the village of Velika Ivanca, 50km southeast of Belgrade.

Women prefer taller men with broad shoulders, narrow hips and a large penis.

Newborn baby died because Filipina mother 'could not afford medical care.'

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces 'Iran has gone nuclear'.

Josephine Fanning shot dead at Lebanon home during barbecue with friends and relatives

Pope Tawadros II accuses Egyptian president of negligence in handling deadly sectarian clashes at St Mark's Cathedral.