South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak says the door to talks with the North remains open, if Pyongyang's 'military adventurism' ends.

African leaders travel to Ivory Coast to offer incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo an amnesty if he quits following disputed polls, the BBC learns.

Humankind's oldest known ancestor probably lived in fear of large sabretooth cats, new fossil finds suggest.

A South African man who owns a bar where 10 people were killed in a stampede on New Year's Day appears in court on manslaughter charges.

Casino revenue in Macau soared 57% in 2010, cementing its position as the world's most lucrative gambling market.

Germany calls up its last batch of military conscripts as the country's armed forces prepare for radical reforms.

Hundreds of Egyptian riot police are deployed outside the church in Alexandria where 21 Christians were killed in a New Year's Day bomb attack.

The US Navy says it is investigating the production of lewd videos aboard a US aircraft carrier which have turned the spotlight on a veteran commander.