Mali's 20,000 invaluable manuscripts moved before rebels torched the Ahmed Baba institute
Holidaymaker partying with friends at nightclub latest victim of Johannesburg hair robbers.
Werner Freund runs wolf sanctuary in Merzig, dubbed the City of Wolves, where he has raised 70 cubs.
Landmark case brought by four farmers claiming pollution of villages in Niger Delta ends in defeat.
IDF attack convoy amid fears Hezbollah will get Syrian chemical and conventional weapons.
Suspect allegedly stole bras in Israel but was held at Seam Zone checkpoint in Nablus.
Soaring levels of air pollution prompt entrepreneur to sell 'Pristine Tibet' air in a can.
Company bosses accused of negligence after seven people die in Dhaka textile factory fire.
Couples who split chores along traditional gender lines reinforce sexual identity and desire, say researchers.
67-year-old man shoots bus driver in Midland City and takes child hostage.
Girl left in wooden cage the size of a cot by Cindy Patriarchias and Edmond Gonzales.
Seoul hoping for third time lucky with launch of KSLV-1 after previous rocket failures.
French ground and aerial forces prepare to take control of last Islamist stronghold, Kidal.
UN and Arab League special envoy Lakdhar Brahimi addresses a closed meeting of UN Security Council officials.
Huge blanks on map of Kim Jong-un's hermit nation filled in to show Yongbyong nuclear site and Yodok gulag.
Smithsonian study blames domestic and feral cats for huge death toll among US wildlife.
Israel becomes first country of 193 UN members to turn back on Universal Periodic Review.
Mohammed Azam Khan says Agra’s Unesco-listed mausoleum wastes public funds.
Military women 'more likely to engage in high-risk sexual practices'.
Former rebel commander James Kuberin causes gunfight in little town while scouting for barber.
It's been decades since the Labour Party supported exit from the European Union but after David Cameron's speech last week might a Labour win in 2015 actually be the best hope of Britain leaving the EU?
Bodies of unknown victims strewn along bank of River Quweiq.
Lesbians, gays and bisexuals who are open about sexuality are less stressed, Canadian study finds.
Labour minister Adel Faqih demands 4ft walls in shops that employ both sexes.
First step in Turkey-PKK peace road map is withdrawal of 100 Kurdish militants next month.
Elephants apparently poisoned in Gunung Rara Forest Reserve in Malaysia's Sabah state.
A Chicago mother has lost all four children to gun violence after her remaining son Ronnie 'Scooby' Chambers was shot in the head while he sat in a car on 26 January.
Protests rock Port Said, Suez and Ismailia where curfew has been imposed.
Kidal, base of al-Qaida-linked Ansar Dine, is last remaining stronghold of militants, and town has been under control of Tuareg rebels.
The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) said it has taken control of Kidal, Tessalit and In Khalil ousting Ansar Dine's Islamists.