BBC (UK)
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 07:42
The vigilantes will be allowed to keep their weapons, but will be banned from publicly carrying assault rifles.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 07:11
At least 37 people have been killed in explosions in the Syrian city of Homs, officials say.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 07:08
The UN should deliver aid into Syria with or without the government's consent, a group of prominent lawyers and academics say in an open letter.
Monday, April 28, 2014 - 12:16
A court in Egypt has sentenced 11 supporters of deposed President Mohammed Morsi to prison terms ranging from five to 88 years for rioting.
Monday, April 28, 2014 - 12:08
Iraqi military helicopters have destroyed a convoy of fuel tankers inside Syrian territory, Baghdad says.
Monday, April 28, 2014 - 09:39
Three aid workers are among 22 people killed in a rebel attack on a clinic in northern Central African Republic, officials have said.
Monday, April 28, 2014 - 09:37
Peacekeepers have escorted more than 1,200 Muslims out of the capital of the Central African Republic, Bangui.
Monday, April 28, 2014 - 09:36
With some 187 girls still missing two weeks after they were abducted from a school in north-eastern Nigeria, the government is under growing pressure, reports BBC Nigeria correspondent Will Ross.
Monday, April 28, 2014 - 09:35
Somalia has condemned the arrest of one of its diplomats in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, during a security operation to flush out illegal immigrants and militant Islamists.
Monday, April 28, 2014 - 08:11
South Sudan is withdrawing the case against four top politicians accused of treason that triggered the civil war, the justice minister has said.