More than 20 people, including women and children, are killed, most of them hacked to death in eastern DR Congo, UN peacekeepers say.

Canada's industry minister apologises after his suggestion it is not the Canadian government's job to feed hungry children sparks an uproar.

A controversial ruling by Brazil's Superior Court of Sporting Justice saves last year's football league champions, Fluminense, from relegation.

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is to seek loans during a visit to Russia, reports say, as pro-EU protests continue to grip Kiev.

Former senior Pentagon lawyer Jeh Johnson is confirmed as the fourth director of the US Department of Homeland Security.

The discovery of an ancient bone at a burial site in Kenya puts the origin of human hand dexterity more than half a million years earlier than previously thought.

The man who has headed the FBI for the past 12 years has told the BBC he expects "others will be charged" over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing.

North Korea is marking the second anniversary of the death of leader Kim Jong-il, days after the dramatic purge of a top-level official.