Millions of Indians are due to begin voting on the first big day of the general election pitting the ruling Congress party against the main opposition BJP.

A man who escaped prison while serving a murder sentence in Mexico is set to be executed by the US state of Texas for a separate 1997 killing.

A giant rat caused a commotion on a New York subway train when it managed to get itself trapped in a carriage.

Organisers of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro respond to criticism about construction work delays, saying they will deliver 'great Games'.

At least seven patients infected with Ebola in Guinea have recovered from the virus and been allowed to return home, a medical charity says.

A British man has been shot dead by masked robbers who burst into his mother's home in the Bahamas, local police say.

Oscar Pistorius is due to face a second day of cross-examination by the prosecution at his trial for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Teams focus on a narrowed search area in the hunt for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane, after more signals were heard on Tuesday.