BBC News takes a close-up look at a Faberge Easter Egg that has recently sold for around £20m - after nearly being melted down for scrap metal.

A Chinese national faces US criminal charges that he conspired to export devices to Iran that could be used in uranium enrichment.

Millions of Afghans are to vote for a new president amid tight security. in what will be the nation's first ever democratic transfer of power.

The Archbishop of Canterbury says the Church of England accepting same sex marriage could lead to violence against Christians in other countries.

A Florida apartment concierge who mistook the dead body of a 96-year-old resident for a mannequin has been fired, local media report.

McDonald's has suspended work at its three Crimean restaurants due to "operational reasons", the company has said.

Brazilian police say they have picked up 11 crew members working in "slave-like conditions" on an Italian cruise ship.

The father of a soldier who killed three men at a US Army base says he was not in his right mind, as officials say an earlier argument played a part.