The Pentagon confirms that a US drone strike in Somalia last Friday killed al-Shabab leader, Adan Garar, a suspect in the 2013 Kenya mall attack.

BBC News School Report is gearing up for its ninth annual News Day, with 30,000 secondary school pupils across the UK making and broadcasting the news.

British military personnel have begun training members of the Ukrainian army engaged in fighting against pro-Russian rebels, the BBC learns.

A Pakistani man convicted as a minor and due to be hanged on Thursday has been given a stay of execution, a charity fighting his case says.

One of two gunmen who carried out an attack that killed 20 tourists at a Tunis museum was known to the authorities, Tunisia's PM says.

A new prototype blood test can help doctors tease out whether an infection is caused by bacteria or a virus within two hours, research suggests.

Islamic State jihadists may have committed genocide and war crimes in its attacks on Iraq's minority Yazidi community, a UN reports says.

Three officials resign after an endangered Siberian tiger cub leaps to its death from an 11th floor apartment in Qingdao in eastern China.