A murder investigation is launched after an 18-year-old man died of gunshot wounds in hospital.

Peru's environmental police launch an investigation into the deaths of some 500 sea lions found on a northern beach.

Two men are seriously burned in an explosion at a flat in south Birmingham while rescue dogs search the remains of the property.

The case of a businessman who wants to stop malicious web postings about him appearing in Google searches is set to begin at the High Court.

A British man fighting with Kurdish troops against Islamic State militants in Syria tells the BBC he is not a mercenary.

British banker Rurik Jutting is ruled fit to stand trial for the murder of two women in Hong Kong, after undergoing psychiatric assessments.

Police charge a 30-year-old woman with attempted murder after she abandoned her newborn baby boy in a drain in western Sydney.

The trial of businessman Shrien Dewani on charges of plotting his wife's murder should be halted and the case thrown out, the judge will be told later.