Libyan Interior Minister Mohammed Khalifa al-Sheikh resigns after only three months in the post, citing a lack of support from the prime minister.

Cities are getting smarter but what actually does that mean and are you living in a dumb one?

Brazil complains over the "unjustified" detention at London's Heathrow airport of the partner of a journalist who published material leaked by Edward Snowden.

A way of firing up the body's immune system in order to attack cancer has been discovered by US researchers.

A Chinese policeman is detained for hurling an infant to the ground while drunk, say reports - but only after a furious response on social media.

South African athlete Oscar Pistorius, accused of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, is due to return to court in Pretoria.

South Korea and the US begin a new round of joint military exercises on Monday, officials say, the second round to take place this year.

HMS Westminster is due to arrive in Gibraltar a day after Spanish fishermen protested about a concrete reef put there by the British territory's government.