Ukraine's president says a truce agreed with pro-Russian rebels in the east must be honoured, as he orders the army to stop fighting.

Foreigners will be banned from owning land in South Africa under new proposals outlined by President Jacob Zuma.

Several people are injured after shots are fired near a synagogue in Copenhagen, hours after another shooting at a cafe in the Danish capital.

Taxi, the third film by dissident Iranian director Jafar Panahi, beats 19 other contenders to win the top prize at the 65th Berlin Film Festival.

Scientists who study geoengineering say Earth's next major volcanic eruption will be a good test of whether the intervention technique might help mitigate global warming.

When Large Hadron Collider fires up again after its upgrade, scientists will be hoping to find a new particle they say could "rock the world".

Doctors have stored more than one and a half thousand beating human hearts in digital form on a computer.

Images and voices from Thailand, where officials are distributing condoms or urging teenagers to visit temples on Valentine's Day, rather than having sex.