BBC (UK)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 07:45
There were conflicting reports about the number of casualties and whether a suicide bomber had blown up the vehicle in the remote part of the Bekaa Valley.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 07:41
Nelson Mandela's body has been laid to rest in a family plot, after political and religious leaders paid tribute to South Africa's first black president at a state funeral service.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 06:48
The head of Kerman's revolutionary court said the alleged spy had admitted being in contact with four British intelligence officers 11 times, both inside and outside the country.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 06:43
A Japanese diplomat has been wounded in a failed kidnap attempt by armed men in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 06:42
Mehdi Jomaa, industry minister, will head a caretaker government until elections are held next year.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 06:42
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir says an attempted coup by soldiers loyal to his sacked former deputy Riek Machar has been put down. It comes after heavy gunfire overnight in the capital, Juba.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 06:35
Syrian government aircraft have dropped barrels laden with explosives on rebel areas of the northern city of Aleppo, opposition activists say.
Friday, December 13, 2013 - 09:44
The African Union has authorised increasing the number of troops deployed in the Central African Republic to 6,000, say officials.
Friday, December 13, 2013 - 09:39
The Democratic Republic of Congo's government has signed a peace deal with the M23 rebel movement its forces defeated last month, Kenya's presidential spokesman says.
Friday, December 13, 2013 - 08:14
A police office has been killed and at least 35 people wounded by a car bomb outside a police base in the Egyptian city of Ismailiya, officials say.