After much speculation, the head of India's largest microlender, SKS Microfinance, steps down.

Fire crews are battling to douse a bushfire which burnt through a town in Western Australia, destroying more than 20 homes.

Protests go on in central Cairo as demonstrators step up their demand for Egypt's military rulers to resign, with elections due in less than a week.

A scientist who admitted helping his mother to die is given a five-month home detention sentence by a court in New Zealand.

Scientists have used brain scans to shed more light on how the brain deals with the memory of unpleasant or traumatic events during sleep.

Egypt's ruling military apologises for the deaths of some 35 protesters in clashes with police, as unrest in Cairo and other cities enters its sixth day.

Mexican police find 17 charred bodies in two vehicles in Sinaloa state, power base of the country's most powerful drug gang.

The Indian cabinet is set to discuss long-awaited proposals to open up the $450bn a year retail sector to global supermarket chains.