At least 10,000 people are feared to have been killed by Typhoon Haiyan, which struck the central Philippines on Friday. The UN says more than 11 million people are believed to have been affected by the storm and some 673,000 displaced. Several...
The problem occurred during a manoeuvre designed to boost the craft's maximum distance from 71,623km to 100,000km. A problem with the liquid fuel thruster caused the 1,350kg vehicle to fall short of the mark. But the head of the Indian Space...
Among the worst hit areas were the eastern island of Leyte and the coastal city of Tacloban, which has seen buildings flattened and trees uprooted. First reports said 100 bodies had been found but the Red Cross later said the figure could be more...
Meteorologists say that if initial estimates based on satellite images are borne out, it could be the most powerful storm ever to make landfall. The storm has forced millions to seek shelter in 20 provinces and at least two people have died,...
Mullah Fazlullah is a particularly hardline commander whose men shot the schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai. Mehsud was killed when missiles struck his vehicle in the North Waziristan region on 1 November. Pakistan's government accused the US of...
More than 150 others, mostly border guards, were given life sentences. Most of the 800 soldiers who packed the civilian court on Tuesday had already been given maximum seven-year sentences by military tribunals. But they also faced charges for...
He and 14 other Muslim Brotherhood figures face charges of inciting the killing of protesters outside the presidential palace in 2012. After Mr Morsi's remarks and his refusal to wear a uniform, the judge adjourned the trial until 8 January. He was...
A spokesman told the BBC all security measures were now being taken. Pakistan media say Mehsud's funeral has taken place at an unknown location in the tribal area of North Waziristan. A Pakistan government minister said the drone strike had...
"If the message is that Mr Snowden wants to give us information then we'll gladly accept that," said German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich. Mr Snowden's lawyer said a meeting could occur in Moscow, but not Germany. The US Secretary of...
The 16-year-old was gang-raped and then thrown in a pit latrine breaking her back. The three men accused of gang-raping her were ordered by police to cut grass as punishment. The petition signed by 1.2 million people calls for the immediate arrest...
Police have described the incident as a "violent terror attack", the Xinhua news agency says, for first time. All three people in the car had names from the Muslim Uighur minority in the restive western region of Xinjiang. Two bystanders died and...
The committee's chair, Diane Feinstein, said eavesdropping on leaders of friendly nations was wrong. She said the White House had told her such surveillance would stop, but a senior administration official told the BBC there was no policy change so...
Saudi authorities arrested 14 women for driving in the conservative kingdom, al-Madina newspaper reported on Sunday. The women were detained in the capital Riyadh, the western cities of Jeddah and Mecca as well as the Eastern Province, the report...
The raid involved "ground and aerial assault" and "led to the destruction of the identified terrorist camps," said army spokesman Lt Mohammed Dole. North-eastern Nigeria is the focus of an insurgency waged by Boko Haram in its bid to create an...
The furore over the scale of American mass surveillance revealed by Edward Snowden shifted to an incendiary new level on Wednesday evening when Angela Merkel of Germany called Barack Obama to demand explanations over reports that the US...
Police are said to have fled their posts after gunmen opened fire and there are no reports of casualties. A Renamo spokesman said party leader Afonso Dhlakama had "lost control of the situation". On Monday, the army captured Mr Dhlakama's base,...
Mr Dhlakama's Renamo party said the assault "puts an end" to the 1992 peace deal reached with the government. About a million people were killed in the civil war that raged in Mozambique after it achieved independence from Portugal in...
He is only required to be present at certain key parts of the case, a majority of judges ruled. Mr Kenyatta has argued that attending the trial in The Hague would prevent him from governing the country. Both Mr Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto...
The BBC's Patience Atuhaire in Kampala says that car boots and pedestrians' bags are being searched as they enter the Nakumatt Oasis shopping centre. Government spokesman Ofwono Opondo told the BBC he was glad that the US had passed on its...
Several officials have been caught allegedly with money hidden under their beds and in their cars, reports the BBC's Raphael Tenthani from Malawi. Last month, top finance ministry official Paul Mphwiyo, who was seen as an anti-corruption crusader,...
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